Bloomer’s Daisy – Native Plant of the Day 07/15/2024
Photo from 06/11/ 2011. Location: Boise Foothills, Ada County, ID.
More info at the Erigeron bloomeri detail page.
Bloomer’s Daisy – Erigeron bloomeri
Robin’s Plantain – Native Plant of the Day 04/07/2024
Photo from 4/9/2011. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Erigeron pulchellus detail page.
Robin’s Plantain – Erigeron pulchellus
It had been 10 days during the ‘peak development period’ of wildflowers at The Pocket since I’d last been there. It was a beautiful day today, and in spite of the fact that the boardwalk past the loop and the trail to the falls were closed, I counted 31 species blooming. I suspect that had I been able to access those areas, I would also have seen Bishop’s Cap (Mitella diphylla), Heartleaf Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), and White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda).
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis
It had been 10 days during the ‘peak development period’ of wildflowers at The Pocket since I’d last been there, and nearly a month since my only “full inventory” of the season (5 species). It was a beautiful (if chilly) day today, so I headed down there for a more leisurely visit. Definitely worthwhile, and if you want to see the Dutchmen’s Breeches this year, better get there soon. That being said, I counted 29 species blooming.
Large-flowered Bellwort – Uvularia grandiflora
I always get surprises when I go to The Pocket. Today was no exception, except that since things started blooming so much earlier than usual this year (Hepatica in January!), I was expecting the “early season” to continue – expecting some of the earlier species to be gone, and frankly I was expecting to see the Bent White Trillium blooming. However, with the exception of Lindera benzoin (Spicebush), ALL of the early species were still blooming. So with all those earlier ones, and a few more added this trip, I found 30 species in flower this trip. And those Bent White Trillium, while close, are not yet blooming. It seems the wildflowers at The Pocket are now closer to “normal schedule” than “really early.”
Not quite yet – Bent White Trillium – Trillium flexipes
Philadelphia Fleabane – Native Plant of the Day 04/24/2016
Photo from 04/18/2011. Location: Walker County, GA. More photos / info at the
Erigeron philadelphicus detail page.
Philadelphia Fleabane – Erigeron philadelphicus
The warm weather has continued, along with a fair bit of rain. It’s been 10 days since my last trip to The Pocket (3/2), and I was expecting some significant changes in what was blooming. Some news – the Harbinger-of-Spring is almost gone. However, that’s not the only news… Wait for it…
Wood Poppy – Stylophorum diphyllum
Not just the Wood Poppy…
This is a great time for a visit to The Pocket; I hadn’t been able to get down there in nearly 3 weeks (apologies to those that were looking for a status report last week) and so many species are blooming now! Bluebells, Wood Poppies (Celandine), Purple Phacelia, and all three Trillium species are at peak, along with a couple of others that aren’t considered “signature species” for The Pocket.
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Native Plant of the Day 11/09/2014
Photo from May 22, 2010. Location: Walker County, Ga.
Prairie Fleabane – for more photos / info go to the Erigeron strigosus detail page.
Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane – Erigeron strigosus
This is a great time for a visit to The Pocket. (See end of this post for my guess on 4/10 status.) On Thursday, 4/3/2014, my wife and I walked up the Pocket Loop Trail, and then went back down to the parking area to meet up with a homeschool group who had invited me to join them for their visit to help identify the flowers they saw. We walked the Shirley Miller boardwalk and extension trail up to the falls with this great group of moms and their children. Several of the “signature species” are still blooming – Virginia Bluebell, Wood (Celandine) Poppy, Dutchman’s Breeches, and all three of the Pocket’s three Trillium species are blooming right now. 35 of the 55 species on my current version of the checklist are blooming right now.
Eastern Red Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
We also ran into Clayton Webster and some more of the Over the Hill Hiking Group that I met last week. We had a nice visit exchanging information on what to look for blooming – they were coming from where we were going, and vice versa…
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