04-02-11 Fredericksburg Area
Spring in full swing, with ephemerals aplenty on the Rappahannock floodplain, spicebush lighting up the woods, redbuds starting to pop.
Nice hike in the new park at Government Island Quarry in Stafford.
Read MoreNice hike in the new park at Government Island Quarry in Stafford.
Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) fiddleheads in quarry Government Island, Stafford, VA
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![Purple dead nettle (<i>Lamium purpureum</i>) with unusual white one <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Falmouth Waterfront Park, Falmouth, VA](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2011/04-02-11/i-H3BNjQQ/0/9244e462/Ti/2011_P1070787-Ti.jpg)
![Purple dead nettle (<i>Lamium purpureum</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span> with unusual white one
Falmouth Waterfront Park, Falmouth, VA](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2011/04-02-11/i-Gmc8NVX/0/9dfa4fc9/Ti/2011_P1070797-Ti.jpg)
