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.
White Clintonia – Clintonia umbellulata
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.
Dragonfly at Curtain Pole Pond – This is a composite of two photos of a single dragonfly – one on the approach; the other upon landing
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.
Tall Hairy Agrimony – Agrimonia gryposepala
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.
Small Purple Fringed Orchid – Platanthera psycodes
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.
Sydney crosses Cosby Creek on our Low Gap Trail hike.
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.)
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.
Wild Hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens
Native Plant of the Day 06/30/2014
Photo from June 8, 2010. Location: Boise National Forest, Ada County, ID.
Yellowbells – for more photos / info go to the Fritillaria pudica detail page.
Yellowbells, Yellow Fritillary, Yellow Missionbells, Gold Bell – Fritillaria pudica
Canada Milkvetch, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (6/26/2014.) Scientific name is Astragalus canadensis. Photo below was taken in Dade County, GA on June 21, 2014. Go to the Canada Milkvetch detail page for more photos and information.
Canada Milkvetch – Astragalus canadensis
Jacqueline D Williamson: September 18, 1928 – June 20, 2014
Jacqueline D Williamson on April 14, 2014
Shuttleworth’s Ginger, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (6/22/2014.) Scientific name is Hexastylis shuttleworthii. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on June 7, 2014. Go to the Shuttleworth’s Ginger detail page for more photos and information.
Shuttleworth’s Ginger – Hexastylis shuttleworthii