Category Archives: Daily Plant

#NPOD: Tulip Poplar #NativePlants

Native Plant of the Day 11/11/2011

Photo from 3/15/2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, GA

Last year’s Tulip Poplar among this year’s Carolina Spring Beauties – for more photos / information go to the Liriodendron tulipifera detail page.

Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia - Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia - Liriodendron tulipifera

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#NPOD: Bursting Hearts #NativePlants

Native Plant of the Day 09/21/2011

Photo from Aug 28, 2010. Location: Reflection Riding, Hamilton County, TN

Bursting Hearts unopened seedpod – for more photos / information go to the Euonymus americanus detail page.

Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush. - Euonymus americanus

Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin’, Strawberry Bush. – Euonymus americanus

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#NPOD: Sensitive Partridge Pea #Nativeplants

Native Plant of the Day 09/03/2012.
Photo from Aug 15 2009. Location: Roberson County, TN.
Sensitive Partridge Pea – for more photos / info go to the Chamaecrista nictitans detail page.
Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea - Chamaecrista nictitans

Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea – Chamaecrista nictitans

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#NPOD Extra: Green Pitcher Plant #Nativeplants

Native Plant of the Day 05/10/2011. 

Photo from May 2, 2011. Location: Reed Branch Wet Meadow Preserve, Towns County, GA.  (Access by permission only.)  We got back up to Reed Branch again this year.  2011 had a later spring than 2010, and several of the pitcher plants were blooming.

Green Pitcher Plant – for more photos / info go to the  Sarracenia oreophila  detail page.

Green Pitcher Plant - Sarracenia oreophila

Green Pitcher Plant – Sarracenia oreophila