This Snow Goose was hanging with a flock of Canada Geese on a pond in Daleville, in Botetourt County, VA, last Thursday, Oct. 3. This is my first Snow Goose.
Snow Goose that connected with a flock of Canada Geese in Botetourt County, VA
Indigobush, a native species in most of its North American range, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/08/2013.) Scientific name is Amorpha fruticosa. Photo below was taken in Adams County, ID on May 28, 2012. Go to the Indigobush detail page for more photos and information.
Indigobush – Amorpha fruticosa
Autumn Sneezeweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/07/2013.) Scientific name is Helenium autumnale. Photo below was taken in Botetourt County, VA on Oct 2, 2013. Go to the Autumn Sneezeweed detail page for more photos and information.
Autumn Sneezeweed – Helenium autumnale
Native Plant of the Day 10/07/2013
Photo from 4/17/2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, Ga
Northern Dewberry – for more photos and information go to the Rubus flagellaris detail page.
Northern Dewberry, Common Dewberry – Rubus flagellaris
My wife and I were trying to get back home on Friday, 10/5, for a grandson’s final football game of the season (6th grade), but we managed to carve out a few hours for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway between Roanoke and Hillsville in Virginia. We were glad we did. The weather was wonderful, and the colors, while not yet to peak, were quite wonderful.
Tree in fall garb along the Blue Ridge Parkway
Michaux’s Saxifrage, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/02/2013.) Scientific name is Micranthes petiolaris. Photo below was taken on Clingman’s Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sep 23, 2013. Go to the Michaux’s Saxifrage detail page for more photos and information.
Michaux’s Saxifrage – Micranthes petiolaris
Native Plant of the Day 10/03/2013
Photo from 5/2/2010. Location: Big Frog Mountain, Polk County, TN
Northern Maidenhair Fern – for more photos and information go to the Adiantum pedatum detail page.
Northern Maidenhair, Five-Fingered Maidenhair Fern – Adiantum pedatum