A plant one usually finds in the forest, IF one is lucky and knows where to look. . . amazing to see it now being used in urban horticulture, but entirely appropriate here on the grounds of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Constitution Avenue facade, corner of 12th Street, NW.
Interestingly, one botanist's description says it can occur in "both high quality and degraded woodlands". It DOES have big trees to shelter under here at the museum at the edge of the National Mall, Washington, DC.
www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/solomon_seal... 