A harbinger of spring is in bloom at area parks

It is a small plant and flower, but its blooms lead the way. Harbinger-of-spring is just that, among the first to signal the start of the annual parade of spring woodland wildflowers.No more than six inches tall, harbinger-of-spring favors the rich soils of Ohio’s moist woods, often in floodplains along streams or deep in ravines. A member of the carrot family, its leaves are deeply cut,…