06/19/2026
Native Woodland Plants Eastern Box Turtles Love
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Mayapple feels like something from a fairytale woodland.
Its umbrella-like foliage creates beautiful shaded cover near the forest floor, helping retain moisture and creating cool resting areas for wildlife. In spring, delicate white flowers hide beneath the leaves before producing small fruits later in the season.
Box Turtles are their main pollinator, eating the fruits and leaving their droppings behind to create new pockets of may apple.
Mayapple spreads slowly over time, forming dreamy colonies that look stunning beneath trees and along woodland paths.