Stiff Dogwood – Native Plant of the Day 12/28/2017
Photo from 5/22/2011. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Cornus foemina detail page.
Stiff Dogwood, Southern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood – Cornus foemina
Camphorweed – Native Plant of the Day 10/05/2017
Photo from 10/2/2011. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos & info at the Heterotheca subaxillaris detail page.
Camphorweed, Camphor Weed, False Goldenaster – Heterotheca subaxillaris
Ivyleaf Morning Glory, an introduced species (some say native to the southeastern United States), has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/12/2017.) Scientific name is Ipomoea hederacea. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on Aug 29, 2017. Go to the Ivyleaf Morning Glory detail page for more information.
Ivyleaf Morning Glory – Ipomoea hederacea
Broadleaf Waterleaf – Native Plant of the Day 05/18/2017
Photo from 05/13/2008. Location: The Pocket, Walker County GA.
More photos / info at the Hydrophyllum canadense detail page
Broad-leaf Waterleaf ; Bluntleaf Waterleaf – Hydrophyllum canadense
Solomon’s Seal – Native Plant of the Day 05/15/2017
Photo from 05/13/2008. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Polygonatum biflorum detail page.
Smooth Solomon’s Seal – Polygonatum biflorum
Smooth Phlox – Native Plant of the Day 04/28/2017
Photo from 05/04/2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Phlox glaberrima detail page.
Smooth Phlox – Phlox glaberrima
Mayapple – Native Plant of the Day 04/15/2017
Photo from 04/17/2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Podophyllum peltatum detail page.
Mayapple – Podophyllum peltatum
Cindy and I headed down to The Pocket today not only because I needed to get an update published, but because it was an absolutely beautiful day. And the flowers did not disappoint.
Bent White Trillium – Trillium Flexipes are magnificent and aromatic right now. Hurry for the show!
The Pocket is in full swing with most of its signature species in bloom, although with the exception of a single plant, we saw no Bloodroot blooming today. We lost a species or two, but what has started blooming since my last trip (3/17) more than made up for it, starting with the Bent White Trillium (Trillium flexipes.) Probably the big surprise for me was that we still had many Dutchman’s Breeches still blooming – since early March! I don’t remember a previous 3-week+ bloom season for this plant at The Pocket.
Bent White Trillium –Trillium flexipes
Questions in my head about identification of the yellow Violet drove me back down to The Pocket today. I’ve decided I’m going with Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula – Smooth Yellow Violet (syn. Viola eriocarpa and Viola pensylvanica among others. ) But there were a couple of noteworthy additional species to last Friday’s list. Firstly, the first of the Wood Poppies (Celandine Poppy) have started to bloom.
Wood Poppy – Stylophorum diphyllum