Thanks for another good year at USWildflowers.com in 2016.
Dozens of Small Green Woodland Orchids were blooming in Sullivan’s Swamp at Grayson Highlands State Park
Annual Report: 2016
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#NPOD: Southern Blackberry #nativeplants
Southern Blackberry – Native Plant of the Day 12/26/2016
Photo from 5/26/2008. Location: Grundy County, TN.
More photos / info at the Rubus argutus detail page.
Sawtooth Blackberry, Southern Blackberry – Rubus argutus
#NPOD: White Vervain #Nativeplants
White Vervain – Native Plant of the Day 12/24/2016
Photo from 7/29/2011. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos and information at the Verbena urticifolia detail page.
White Vervain – Verbena urticifolia
#NPOD: Virginia Plantain #Nativeplants
Virginia Plantain – Native Plant of the Day 12/23/2017
Photo from 4/29/2012. Location: Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Plantago virginica detail page.
Virginia Plantain – Plantago virginica
#NPOD: Field Pansy #Nativeplants
Field Pansy – Native Plant of the Day 12/22/2016
Photo from 3/16/2013. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Hybanthus concolor detail page.
Field Pansy – Viola bicolor
#NPOD: Virginia Strawberry #NativePlants
Virginia Strawberry – Native Plant of the Day 12/09/2016
Photo from 4/29/2010. Location: White County, GA.
More photos & info at the Fragaria virginiana detail page.
Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry – Fragaria virginiana
Sacred Datura – Datura wrightii – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Sacred Datura, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (12/06/2016.) Scientific name is Datura wrightii. Photo below was taken in Moab, UT on Aug 29, 2016. Go to the Sacred Datura detail page for more information and photos.
Sacred Datura – Datura wrightii
#RV Journal: Lake Mead RV Village at Boulder Beach, Boulder City, NV
Location / Name: Lake Mead RV Village at Boulder Beach, 268 Lakeshore Road, Boulder City, Nevada 89005 http://www.lakemeadrvvillage.com/boulder-beach (702) 293-2540
Date: 10/09 – 10/10/2016 (2 nights)
Lake Mead was not our initial destination after leaving Lee Vining, CA for our Yosemite visit. I had planned on staying west of Las Vegas at Fletcher View Campground, a USFS campground which has some electric sites. However, I didn’t get around to making reservations soon enough, and there was no room when I tried to reserve a site. I looked around for other places near Las Vegas, which was an appropriate travel distance distance for the day, and where my wife needed to pick up a prescription at CVS Pharmacy. I checked out a few commercial campgrounds in Vegas online, and didn’t really like anything I saw. When I expanded my search to east of Las Vegas, Lake Mead National Recreation Area showed up. It looked good, and although it made our day from California longer, it shortened the trip to Grand Canyon – a good thing since I needed to make sure we got to the walk-up-only campground on the Grand Canyon South Rim early. I called for reservations, and our destination was set. My reservation timing error for Fletcher View turned out to be a good thing. There was a CVS and an Albertson’s just a few miles from the RV park at Lake Mead, the park was nice, and the views from the site were awesome.
Lake Mead from Lake Mead RV Village at Boulder Beach
Arctic Gentian – Gentiana algida – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Arctic Gentian, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (11/18/2016.) Scientific name is Gentiana algida. Photo below was taken in Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, CO on Aug 26, 2016. Go to the Arctic Gentian detail page for more information and photos.
Arctic Gentian – Gentiana algida
#RV Journal: Mono Vista RV Park, Lee Vining, CA
Location / Name: Mono Vista RV Park, Lee Vining, CA
Date: 10/06-08/2016 (3 nights)
Yosemite National Park was one of the few items on my bucket list, especially after a few of my grandchildren visited it this past summer. Campsites within Yosemite are notoriously difficult to get. I had tried for some reservations earlier this year for when my grandchildren were going to be there, and all reservable sites within Yosemite Valley were gone within seconds of them opening up on the reservation system. Amazing. I was coming in from the northeast, so the Tioga Pass entrance was the logical choice, and Mono Vista RV Park was the only game at that end of the park which had electric. So Lee Vining, California became our destination for the three nights we had available to spend in the Yosemite vicinity.
California State Line – start of California State Route 182