Bunchberry (Chamaepericlymenum canadense) was just starting to emerge this past weekend. I found three plants in various stages:
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See the buds starting to appear in the center?
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July 27 edit: they're in fruit. Supposedly they're edible, though I've never tried them.
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Some bunchberry leaves persist through the winter, so this was actually one of the plants I was able to identify before the snow fully melted. Here's how it looked then:
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