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Anemone nemorosa

Family : RANUNCULACEAE (Crowfoot/Buttercup Family)
Common Name (UK) : Wood Anemone
Common Name (DE) : Buschwindröschen
Common Name (FR) : Anémone des bois
Habitat : Common in woods
Remarks : It has a long, tough, creeping root-stock, running just below the surface; it is the quick growth of this root-stock that causes the plant to spread so rapidly, forming large colonies in the moist soil of wood and thicket.
First appearing : March
Abundance : Abundant

  • Photo Date :March 13, 2007
  • Location :Naturschutzgebiet Weidach between Moehringen and Birkach, Stuttgart.
    N48° 43.038' E9° 10.244'
  • Photo Date : March 26, 2005
  • Location : Near the Mindelsee by Konstanz (Bodensee)
    N47° 45.453' E9° 01.726'.
  • Siting Date : April 4, 2005
  • Location : Along the Eduard-Rühmelin Weg (above Zamenhofweg) in Stuttgart West.
    N48° 46.045' E9° 08.137'
  • Siting Date : April 7, 2018
  • Location : Haute Vallée de Chevreuse (Les Yvelines), France
  • Photo Date : April 8, 2004
  • Location : Along the steep trail up to the Birkenkopf parking lot from the Zamenhofweg in Stuttgart, West.