The Woodland Floor in May

In order of appearance -- Jack-in-the-Pulpit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaema_triphyllum, Wild Ginger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asarum, Trillium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium, sometimes called Wake Robin for its sprightly eager early first bloom in cool springtime, and Fairy Bells http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disporum.  Jack's originally a native of Wisconsin, but here he is preaching in my back yard.  As we used to say in Georgia when someone held forth with whom we agreed, making argument unnecessary, "you're preaching to the choir."  The Ginger, Trillium and Fairy Bells I found during a hike on Tiger Mountain, and they are all native to the Pacific Northwest.