spring green

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^^ licorice fern, Polypodium glycyrrhiza on a horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
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^^sheild fern, Dryopteris sp.
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^^painted fern, Athyrium niponicum, probable variety 'pictum'
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^^maidenhair fern species, probably Adiantum aethiopicum
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^^tree fern, not strictly Cyatheales, genus and species unidentified

Wikipedia here and here

early surge

 ^^licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza). Name That Plant has a great post about them.

^^chives

^^dark leaf ajuga

^^thyme

^^violet flower in oregano

^^two invasives: periwinkle (Vinca major) and the demon-spawn English ivy (Hedera helix)

 

^^red leaf Norway maple (Acer platanoides?)

in flower