Trout Lily – Hiker's Notebook
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nbsp; Common Name: Trout Lily, Fawn lily, Adder's tongue, Dog's-tooth violet, Thousand leaf, Deer tongue, Yellow snowdrop, Yellow adder's tongue lily, Yellow fawn lily - The light gray-green leaves are mottled with purplish-brown splotches that resemble the markings of the brook trout. Lily is from the Latin lilium which is from Greek leiron originally…
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Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily): Minnesota Wildflowers
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Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily): Minnesota Wildflowers
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hikersnotebook – Hiker's Notebook
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Spring Beauty – Hiker's Notebook
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Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily): Minnesota Wildflowers
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Help track flowers and fauna along the Appalachian Trail with iNaturalist
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Trout Lily Preserve
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Vly, Bearpen, Southwest Hunter, and Halcott Mountains – Catskills, NY – April 2023 – HikerJoe
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