Lanceleaf Violet – Native Plant of the Day 03/07/2024
Photo from 06/01/2016. Location: May Prairie, Coffee County, TN.
More photos / info at the Viola lanceolata detail page.
Lanceleaf Violet – Viola lanceolata
Threepart Violet – Native Plant of the Day 03/06/2024
Photo from 4/1/2012. Location: Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Viola tripartita detail page.
Three-parted Yellow Violet, Threepart Violet, Wedge-leaf Yellow Violet – Viola tripartita
I know two weeks ago I said this would likely be the first year in 10 that I haven’t reported on the wildflowers blooming at The Pocket due to travel plans, other activities, and weather. Well, the Coronavirus cancelled some travel plans and other activities, and we had a brief respite from the rain today, so Cindy and I took a spin down to The Pocket.
Virginia Bluebells – Mertensia virginica
Common Blue Violet – Native Plant of the Day 03/01/2020
Photo from 03/21/2009. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Viola sororia detail page.
Common Blue Violet – Viola sororia
Lanceleaf Violet, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/16/2017.) Scientific name is Viola lanceolata. Photo below was taken in Coffee County, TN on June 1, 2016. Go to the Lanceleaf Violet detail page for more information and photos.
Lanceleaf Violet – Viola lanceolata
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
Glade Violet, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (04/12/2016.) Scientific name is Viola egglestonii. Photo below was taken in a Chickamauga Battlefield Cedar Glade, Catoosa County, Ga on March 25, 2016. Go to the Glade Violet detail page for more information.
Glade Violet, Eggleston’s Violet – Viola egglestonii
As reported a month back, Hepatica, Harbinger-of-Spring, and a Star Chickweed were blooming at The Pocket at the end of January as a result of our unusually warm winter. We had some cold weather in February, and nothing much had changed in mid-February. My wife and I were out of town for a couple of weeks, so when we returned yesterday, I was anxious to see what had developed in our absence. While the boardwalk itself doesn’t show too much action, there is a lot that is cranking up both on the trail to the bottom of the falls past the end of the boardwalk and on the Pocket Loop Trail (aka the horse trail) up to the top of the falls.
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis
Yes, Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is blooming along the horse trail – I haven’t see it this early in four years, implying (as expected) an early spring this year.
Yesterday (3/27) was one of the rare days this spring – mostly clear skies and warmer weather – into the 60’s. As a plus a couple of my grandkids wanted to join me, so a great time at The Pocket was guaranteed. Several of the “signature species” at The Pocket – Virginia Bluebell, Wood (Celandine) Poppy, Dutchman’s Breeches (or, as my grandson called them, “Upside Down Pants from Holland), Trout Lily are blooming right now. I’m developing a checklist to use so I won’t have to photograph or remember what all is blooming, and of the 51 species on my current version of the checklist, 25 are blooming right now.
Trailing Trillium – Trillium decumbens
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Green Violet, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/10/2013.) Scientific name is Hybanthus concolor. Photo below was taken at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA on May 7, 2013. Go to the Green Violet detail page for more photos and information.
Green Violet – Hybanthus concolor