USWildflowers.com Journal
Reports on Gerry Williamson's Wildflower Hobby
Wildflower Journal
Wildflower: A flowering plant that grows without cultivation.This is a journal of my discovery of wildflowers, which not only will provide my memory (since the biological memory is failing more and more,) but also can be a valuable record as to when certain wildflowers will be in bloom.
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#NPOD: Whorled Horsebalm #Nativeplants
Posted on October 31st, 2012 1 commentNative Plant of the Day 10/31/2012
Photo from 4/25/2011. Location: Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County, TN
Whorled Horsebalm – for more photos / info go to the Collinsonia verticillata detail page.
Whorled Horsebalm, Early Stoneroot – Collinsonia verticillata
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Western Blue Elder – Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Posted on October 30th, 2012 No commentsWestern Blue Elder, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/30/2012.) Scientific name is Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea. Photo below was taken along the Kleinschmidt Grade, Adams County, ID on June 19, 2011. It is also known by the common name Blue Elderberry. Go to the Western Blue Elder detail page for more photos and information.
Western Blue Elder, Blue Elderberry – Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea
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#NPOD: Mountain Bush Honeysuckle #Nativeplants
Posted on October 30th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/30/2012
Photo from 7/2/2011. Location: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA
Mountain Bush Honeysuckle – for more photos / info go to the Diervilla rivularis detail page.
Mountain Bush Honeysuckle, Hairy Bush honeysuckle, Riverbank Bush Honeysuckle – Diervilla rivularis
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#NPOD: Passionflower (Fruit) #Nativeplants
Posted on October 29th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/29/2012
Photo from Oct 21, 2009. Location: Robertson County, TN.
Passionflower - for more photos / info go to the Passiflora incarnata detail page.
Purple Passionflower, Passionfruit – Passiflora incarnata
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#NPOD: Southern Stoneseed #Nativeplants
Posted on October 28th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/28/2012
Photo from 4/2/2011. Location: Pigeon Mountain – East, Walker County, GA
Southern Stoneseed – for more photos / info go to the Lithospermum tuberosum detail page.
Southern Stoneseed, Tuberous Stoneseed, Tuberous Gromwell – Lithospermum tuberosum
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#Fall_Colors in Middle Tennessee
Posted on October 27th, 2012 2 commentsCindy and I took a drive over to Franklin, Tennessee yesterday (Friday, Oct 26). We were going to Carnton Mansion, but Franklin was in the cold, wet front that was headed our way, so we decided to do Carnton on another trip. As we drove back east, things got warmer and brighter. Here are a couple of photos from that drive.
Methodist Church in Marion County, Tennessee
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Western Trillium – Trillium ovatum – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Posted on October 27th, 2012 2 commentsWestern Trillium, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/27/2012.) Scientific name is Trillium ovatum. Photo below was taken in Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID on June 1, 2012. It is also known by the common names Western White Trillium, Pacific Trillium, and one variety as Oettinger’s Trillium. Go to the Western Trillium detail page for more photos and information.
Western Trillium, Western White Trillium, Pacific Trillium, Oettinger’s Trillium – Trillium ovatum
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#NPOD: Glade St. John’s Wort #Nativeplants
Posted on October 27th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/27/2012
Photo from 7/15/2012. Location: Cedar Glade, Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA
Glade St. John’s Wort- for more photos / information go to the Hypericum dolabriforme detail page.
Glade St. John’s Wort; Straggling St. Johnswort – Hypericum dolabriforme
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#NPOD: Stiff Dogwood #Nativeplants
Posted on October 26th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/26/2012
Photo from 5/22/2011. Location: Walker County, GA
Stiff Dogwood – for more photos / info go to the Cornus foemina detail page.
Stiff Dogwood, Southern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood – Cornus foemina
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#NPOD: Elderberry #Nativeplants
Posted on October 25th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/25/2012
Photo from 6/01/2011. Location: Walker County, GA
Elderberry – for more photos / info go to the Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis detail page.
Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry – Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
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#NPOD: Woods’ Rose Nativeplants
Posted on October 24th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/24/2012
Photo from 6/21/2011. Location: Hull’s Gulch National Recreation Trail, Ada County, ID
Woods’ Rose – for more photos / info go to the Rosa woodsii detail page.
Wood’s Rose, Common Wild Rose, Mountain Rose – Rosa woodsii
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#NPOD: Western Thimbleberry #Nativeplants
Posted on October 23rd, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/23/2012.
Photo from 6/19/2011. Location: Kleinschmidt Grade, Adams County, ID
Western Thimbleberry – for more photos / info go to the Rubus parviflorus detail page.
Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry – Rubus parviflorus
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#NPOD: Smooth Horsetail #Nativeplants
Posted on October 22nd, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/22/2012.
Photo from 6/21/2011. Location: Hull’s Gulch National Recreation Trail, Ada County, ID
Smooth Horsetail - for more photos / info go to the Equisetum laevigatum detail page.
Smooth Horsetail, Smooth Scouring Rush – Equisetum laevigatum
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#NPOD: Idaho Trillium #Nativeplants
Posted on October 21st, 2012 3 commentsNative Plant of the Day 10/21/2012.
Photo from 6/18/2011. Location: Payette National Forest, Adams County, ID
Idaho Trillium - for more photos / info go to the Trillium petiolatum detail page.
Idaho Trillium, Long-petioled Trillium, Purple Trillium, Round Leaf Trillium, Purple Wakerobin – Trillium petiolatum
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Pigeon Mountain – Trees and Tunnels
Posted on October 20th, 2012 No commentsPigeon Mountain – a major spur of Lookout Mountain – is a wonderful place, even outside the fabulous wildflower site called The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain. During hunting season – turkey in the spring, and deer in the fall – there are a few roads opened that are closed the rest of the year. These were opened in early September at the beginning of archery season (firearms deer season started today – Saturday, Oct 20, 2012.) I was fortunate enough to get down onto two of these - Estelle Mine Road and Owl Hollow over the past couple of days. Ostensibly the trip on Friday was to photograph an Agalinis species that I really wanted to be, as reported by others, Agilinis decemloba. I got the photo, and I think it’s likely Agalinis tenuifolia instead.
False Foxglove – Agilinis spp.
While I was disappointed not to fine retuse corolla lobes on the Agalinis, Friday at Pigeon Mountain, followed with a wonderful drive with my wife on Saturday morning up the Estelle Mine Road, was anything but disappointing. Check out a few of the photos I took on those two days…
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