| Various combinations of ephemerals form important seasonal pastures called acheb. |
| Reduced competition for pollinators may be one advantage of early flowering, but for many of these spring ephemerals, time is the most pressing issue. |
| However, for accurate abundance information to be presented, sampling for spring ephemerals in forested communities should be conducted before overstory tree leafout. |
| Many of the herbaceous plants are ephemerals that may germinate within three days of adequate rainfall and sow their seeds within 10 or 15 days of germination. |
| The trend in species richness throughout the two growing seasons sampled in this study was a decline in numbers of species from May through July as spring ephemerals senesced. |
| Spring ephemerals were not found in large numbers during the 1992 growing season because sampling was delayed. |
