Rich displays of spring ephemeral wildflowers greet visitors to McGilvra Woods, though a visit in any season is a treat. My visits were in summer and fall, the latter providing a colorful display of autumnal sugar maples. As there are no trails, I leisurely meandered around the site, working my way aroudn the occasional downed tree or the exposed sandstone bedrock can also be found in the southeast corner of the site. The groundlayer is sparse so there are fewer impediments than might otherwise be found in a typical Wisconsin forest. Cardamine pratensis and Aplectrum hyemale are rare species than can be found here.

Fall Canopy

Outcropping in Fall

Forest

Inchworm

Outcropping in Summer

More of my photos from McGilvra Woods can be viewed here.

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