American White Water Lily, a native waterlily species, has been added to the USWildflowers.com database. Scientific name is Nymphaea odorata. This plant also goes by the Common names American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily.
American White Water Lily in the BWCAW
Purple Deadnettle, a non-native mint species, has been added to the USWildflowers.com database. Scientific name is Lamium purpureum. This plant also goes by the common names of Red Deadnettle and Purple Archangel.
Purple Deadnettle blossom 03/19/2010
A beautiful sunny day with temps near 70 drew Cindy and I down to The Pocket for a quick look around. As anticipated, the Bloodroot has burst forth in all its glory.
Bloodroot from 03/19/2010
Sweet Breath of Spring, a non-native honeysuckle species, has been added to the USWildflowers.com database. Scientific name is Lonicera fragrantissima. This sweet-smelling plant also goes by the common names of Fragrant Honeysuckle and January Jasmine.
Sweet Breath of Spring on 3/13/2010
The Georgia Botanical Society’s annual trek to The Pocket is on March 27 this year, and with the state of things last Saturday I was beginning to worry, so Cindy and I braved the cold and rain to make a status check in the boardwalk area on Saturday, March 13. For those who read the last chapter 1st – I breathed a sigh of relief.
Early Bloodroot pushing through the leaves
Common chickweed, a non-native species considered by some to be invasive or weedy, has been added to the USWildflowers.com database. Scientific name is Stellaria media.
Common Chickweed - Stellaria media
Add common chickweed to Hepatica and Harbinger of Spring as the wildflowers in bloom in this late-starting season at The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain. There is a lot of foliage pushing up, including the start of baby leaves of Trout Lily. A huge area of beautiful Hepatica are blooming along the base of the bluff above the horse trail.
Deep blue Hepatica nobilis
I can’t get enough of the beautiful sharp-lobed hepatica this spring, and not just because it’s almost the only thing blooming…
White Trillium, aka Nodding Wakerobin and Nodding Trillium, has been added to the USWildflowers.com database. Scientific name is Trillium flexipes, so named because the blossom nods over on its pedicel.
Nodding Trillium - Trillium flexipes
Several days of warm weather over the past couple of weeks, as well as some sunshine, something we missed in early February, has brought about the beginning of the wildflowers at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain.
Hepatica nobilis - 02/28/2010
This is the beginning of the 2010 reporting on the wildflower status of The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain in Walker County, Georgia, the site that is described by the Georgia Botanical Society as “the premier spot in Georgia for early wildflowers.”
Icy Waterfalls at The Pocket