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: Palespike Lobelia #Nativeplants
Posted on February 15th, 2013 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 02/15/2013Photo from July 10, 2010. Location: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA.Palespike Lobelia – for more photos / info go to the Lobelia spicata detail page.
Palespike Lobelia – Lobelia spicata
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#NPOD: Purple Coneflower #Nativeplants
Posted on January 27th, 2013 1 commentNative Plant of the Day 01/27/2013
Photo from July 5, 2010. Location: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA.
Purple Coneflower - for more photos / info go to the Echinacea purpurea detail page.
Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea
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More Cloudland Canyon State Park Photos
Posted on January 22nd, 2013 No commentsOn the 3rd day with sunshine after a week and a half of rain, we wanted to get outside. After church and lunch on Sunday, Cindy and I went up to Cloudland Canyon State Park. Yes, again! It was a lovely afternoon as we enjoyed the sunshine – and saw the temperature drop about 20 degrees within 30 minutes of the sun dropping below the horizon. Here are a half-dozen photos from the day.
The west-facing bluffs were still well-lit by the setting sun.
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#Waterfalls Water Levels – Cloudland Canyon State Park
Posted on January 19th, 2013 2 commentsI’ve posted most of these photos on Facebook and Twitter already, but in my semi-retirement I am more and more using the Journal to try to track some of my activities – Cindy and I are finding ourselves asking each other “What did we do last week?” Some of those Journal entries are just private notes as to what we did, but some, like this one, might have some community interest. This is one of those.
Since I work part-time now, my weekend usually starts on Thursday afternoon, but this week some projects used more of my time earlier in the week so I finished up a couple of hours earlier than usual. We’d had rain (lots of rain) for 9 days in a row, and there was slight break in the rain before a cold front came through bringing more rain and possibly snow (some nearby areas got some; we didn’t.) I decided to take that break as an opportunity to run up to Cloudland Canyon State Park to see what the waterfalls looked like after all the rain.
The first waterfalls that I saw wasn’t one that I expected. During normal water levels you don’t even notice this one across the canyon from the main overlook. I suspect that during dry weather there may be no water at all in this unnamed stream tumbling down the bluff.
Waterfalls at Cloudland Canyon State Park after heavy rain
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#Waterfalls and #Wildflowers Walks – Cloudland Canyon State Park
Posted on December 9th, 2012 No commentsI made a July trip over to Cloudland Canyon State Park to see the waterfalls with an expectation that I’d also see many wildflowers along the way, and I wasn’t disappointed. While recently posting a report on a visit to nearby Lula Falls, I discovered that I’d never written the planned report on the Cloudland Canyon trip. I quickly realized that I didn’t remember many of the details of the walk – and I was relieved to discover that the July trip was in 2011, not just this past July, so the memory fade was more reasonable. But to refresh that failing memory, I made another trip up there on Dec 5. Here are a dozen photos from those two “waterfalls and wildflowers walks.”
(Click on any image and you’ll go to Flickr where you can view larger sized images.)
Unnamed Falls along Sitton Gulch Trail near the Waterfalls Trail junction – Cloudland Canyon State Park
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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: Appalachian Rose Gentian #NativePlants
Posted on July 8th, 2012 No commentsNative Plant of the Day 07/08/2011.
Photo from July 5, 2010. Location: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA.
Appalachian Rose Gentian – for more photos / info go to the Sabatia capitata detail page.
Appalachian Rose Gentian, Cumberland Rose Gentian – Sabatia capitata
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#NPOD: White Milkweed #Nativeplants
Posted on January 10th, 2012 1 commentNative Plant of the Day 01/10/2012.
Photo from July 20, 2010. Location: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA.
White Milkweed - for more photos / info go to the Asclepias variegata detail page.
White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed – Asclepias variegata
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Mountain Bush Honeysuckle – Diervilla rivularis – Added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on July 11th, 2011 No commentsMountain Bush Honeysuckle, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/11/2011.) Scientific name is Diervilla rivularis. It is also known by the common names Hairy Bush honeysuckle, and Riverbank Bush Honeysuckle. Photo below was taken at Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, GA on July 2, 2011. Go to the Mountain Bush Honeysuckle detail page for more photos and information.
Mountain Bush Honeysuckle, Hairy Bush honeysuckle, Riverbank Bush Honeysuckle – Diervilla rivularis
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Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea – Added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on July 15th, 2010 No commentsPurple Coneflower, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/08/2010.) Scientific name is Echinacea purpurea. This plant also is known by the common name Eastern Purple Coneflower. Photo below was taken at Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, GA, on 07/05/2010.
Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea
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