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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park ~ Flowering Plants ~ |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2014) |
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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park ~ Flowering Plants ~ |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2014) |
| Winter through Early Spring: |
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| Common (or Wooly) Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) The soft, velvety basal leaves are all that show in winter. |
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| Spring blooms on fruit trees: Relics of old orchards from the time when much of this location was farmed. |
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| Peach blossoms |
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| Pear blossoms |
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| Flowering Peach Tree on Little Kennesaw |
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| Emerging Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) buds |
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| Saxifrage blooms a few weeks later |
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| Eastern Prairie Anemone (Anemone berlandieri), flower opening (Or perhaps A. caroliniana; will need to check the rest of the plant in 2016...) |
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| Eastern Prairie Anemone, flower open |
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| Woolly Ragwort (Senecio tomentosus, syn: Packera tomentosa) |
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| Elf Orpine (Diamorpha smallii) See the "Rock Outcrops & Seeps" page for more of this unique plant. |
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| Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) |
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| The flowers of this common spring wildflower are usually white, but occasionally a pink or purple flowered plant is found. |
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| Looks like I was too late for the Bloodroot flowers this year (2015). |
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| Pennywort (Obolaria virginica) These tiny plants are beautiful but easily overlooked on the forest floor. |
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| Buckeye flowers (Aesculus species) - getting ready to bloom. |
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| Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) |
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| Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) |
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| Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) |
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| Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) |
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| Serviceberry tree blossoms (Amelanchier arborea) |
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| Hickory flowers emerging |
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| Green Rockcress (Arabis missouriensis) |
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| Wood Sorrel (Oxalis) |
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| Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana) |