Table of Contents
Resource and Supplies List
General Instructions
Advanced Study Option Explanation
Spring Peepers
Jack in the Pulpit
Yellow Ladies Slipper/Yellow Adder’s Tongue
Trillium
Bluets
May Apple
Newt
Petunias
Geranium
Nasturtiums
Black Swallowtail
Crayfish
Mountain Laurel
Charlotte Mason Style Exam Questions for Upper Level Students
Handbook of Nature Study
http://handbookofnaturestudy.com/
Trillium Flower Study
HNS Lesson #120
Trillium Photos
Trillium Notebook Pages
Trillium Coloring Page
“The trilliums are so called from the word triplum, meaning threefold, as there are three
leaves, three petals, and three sepals….They are all lilies, and are often called wood lilies,
because of their favorite haunts.”
Inside Preparation Work:
 Read pages 468-470 in the Handbook of Nature Study (Lesson #120).
 Check to see which trilliums you have in your woods: White trillium, red or purple trillium,
Western white trillium, yellow trillium, snow trillium, painted trillium.
 Youtube videos: Painted trillium, see if you can pick out the trillium in this video (includes
Yellow Lady’s Slipper and May apple).
When trilliums are picked, they wilt quickly and form no seed for the next year. Enjoy them
where they are found and don’t be tempted to pick some for your collection.
Outdoor Hour Time:
 Take an early spring wildflower walk again this week. If you have already been out in the
woods for previous challenges, make comparisons and look for new things blooming and
growing. Look for trilliums or any of the flowers listed in this ebook to observe and enjoy.
 Take photos of any wildflowers you find and/or use a field guide to identify them.
 Use the suggestions from the lesson in the Handbook of Nature Study. At the very least, note
the three leaves, three petals, and three sepals.
 Draw the leaf and flower in detail then measure the height of the plant. Record all of these
observations in your nature journal or on the notebook page provided in this ebook.
Follow-Up Activity:
 Make a reminder to look for the berries in the summer.
 Create a list in your nature journal of all the wildflowers you find blooming this spring. Use a
field guide to identify any flowers you don’t know yet.
 There is a Spring Flower Study notebook page included in this ebook that you can use with
any spring flower you find to observe in detail.
Trillium
Trillium Sketches
Trillium Observation Ideas
Other Names for Trillium
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Three leaves, three petals, three sepals
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Are the leaves ruffled?
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Height of the plant
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Colors of the flower
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Note the stamen, pistil, and stigma
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Is there an odor from the flower?
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Are there insects visiting the flower?
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Where in the woods is your trillium found?
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Describe where you found your trillium: _________________________________________________________
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Field Guide Notes:
Common name:
Flower size: ___________________________________
Scientific name:
Plant height: __________________________________
Date:
Leaf shape: ___________________________________
Location:
Blooming season: _______________________________
Observations:
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Habitat: ______________________________________
Sketch your flower.
Traditional/Medicinal Uses:
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Photo Credit: Charles de Mille Isles
Painted Trillium. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An
illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3
vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 526.
Red Trillium. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora
of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons,
New York. Vol. 1: 525.