Little Brown Jug, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (7/30/2014.) Scientific name is Hexastylis arifolia. Photo below was taken at the Lula Lake Land Trust Core Property in Walker County, GA on June 7, 2014. Go to the Little Brown Jug detail page for more photos and information.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
White Clintonia – Clintonia umbellulata – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
White Clintonia, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (7/19/2014.) Scientific name is Clintonia umbellulata. Photo below was taken in the Murray County, GA on May 15, 2014. Go to the White Clintonia detail page for more photos and information.
A Visit to the Chattanooga #Riverwalk – Mink and More
The “Polar Vortex” came through the Chattanooga area in mid-July, giving us a few days respite from the muggy heat that usually oppresses us in July and August. It would have been horrible to waste that time indoors, so my wife and I spent a little bit of time on Chattanooga’s Tennessee River Walk at one of our favorite spots, the pond at Curtain Pole Road. We started out chasing dragonflies, but soon that turned into much more.
Tall Hairy Agrimony – Agrimonia gryposepala – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Tall Hairy Agrimony, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (7/18/2014.) Scientific name is Agrimonia gryposepala. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Cocke County, TN on June 29, 2014. Go to the Tall Hairy Agrimony detail page for more photos and information.
Small Purple Fringed Orchid – Platanthera psycodes – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Small Purple Fringed Orchid, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (7/10/2014.) Scientific name is Platanthera psycodes. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Swain County, NC on June 28, 2014. Go to the Small Purple Fringed Orchid detail page for more photos and information.
It’s Not Spring #Wildflowers in the #Smokies, but…
My wife, two granddaughters, and I spent the week prior to July 4 in and around the western part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We spent four nights dry camping in our motorhome in the Park’s Cosby Campground – a beautiful place – and then moved for the final three nights to a nice RV park about halfway between Cosby Campground and Gatlinburg.
While it isn’t springtime in the Smokies, there were still a lot of wildflowers to be seen. I thought I’d share photos of a few of them, four three of which are “lifers” for me (in my haste I originally identified the white Monarda as Monarda bradburiana; I now believe it to be Monarda clinopodia.)
#NPOD: Wild Hydrangea #Nativeplants
Native Plant of the Day 07/03/2013
Photo from June 9, 2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
Wild Hydrangea – for more photos / info go to the Hydrangea arborescens detail page.