The woods are full of small, soft yellow-green blooms now. Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is showing off its flowers.

Spicebush, the larval host plant of the Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) is a perennial shrub that often reaches to 15 feet, sometimes 20 feet. It is dioecious, meaning there are only male or female flowers on a single bush. It also means that the beautiful crimson berries that appear in autumn are only on the female bushes.

A lovely shrub to have growing throughout my woods.

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