Monthly Archives: May 2011

Robin’s Plantain – Erigeron pulchellus – Added to USWildflowers Database

Robin’s Plantain, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/14/2011.)  Scientific name is Erigeron pulchellus. Photo below was taken The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain on April 9, 2011.  I was excited to identify this plant, identifying all 4 Erigeron species which are found in my area.

Robin's Plantain - Erigeron pulchellus

Robin’s Plantain – Erigeron pulchellus

Moth on Ladyslipper #Wildflowers #WingsOnWednesday #Insects

Forestry Service Road 283 provides a great drive in the mountains of northeast Georgia during the spring wildflower season.   This is the second season we’ve driven this road looking for wildflowers, and were not disappointed.  At one of our stops at a campsite along the road my wife spotted this moth (perhaps a Spilosoma species?) on one of dozens of Pink Ladyslippers (Cypripedium acaule) in the area.

Moth on Ladyslipper

Moth on Ladyslipper

#NPOD Extra: Green Pitcher Plant #Nativeplants

Native Plant of the Day 05/10/2011. 

Photo from May 2, 2011. Location: Reed Branch Wet Meadow Preserve, Towns County, GA.  (Access by permission only.)  We got back up to Reed Branch again this year.  2011 had a later spring than 2010, and several of the pitcher plants were blooming.

Green Pitcher Plant – for more photos / info go to the  Sarracenia oreophila  detail page.

Green Pitcher Plant - Sarracenia oreophila

Green Pitcher Plant – Sarracenia oreophila

Whorled Horsebalm – Collinsonia verticillata – Added to USWildflowers’ Database

Whorled Horsebalm, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/05/2011.)  Scientific name is Collinsonia verticillata.  Photo below was taken on Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee in the Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park on April 25, 2011.

Whorled Horsebalm, Early Stoneroot - Collinsonia verticillata

Whorled Horsebalm, Early Stoneroot – Collinsonia verticillata

Green Heron #Birds #WingsOnWednesday

My wife and I spent a couple of days at The Ridges Resort in Hiawassee, Georgia this week. Tuesday morning a green heron (Butorides virescens) on the hunt for breakfast joined me as I was having devotions by the lake.  I took a break for a couple of photos when the heron showed up on the hunt.  Read on to see if he was successful.

Green Heron on the hunt

Green Heron on the hunt

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