My first botanical explorations in the Berry woods.   These photos are from a couple of visits in early June.   I generally checked out the area around the old Victory Lake and the old woods road.

Stone bridge over Big Dry Creek

Bald Cypress knees

Mohr's Barbara's Buttons   (Marshallia mohrii):

I located a colony of these plants in a seasonally wet prairie environment. This species is extremely rare in Georgia...

Wild Bergamot   (Monarda fistulosa)

Sensitive Briar   (Mimosa microphylla)

Widow Skimmer   (Libellula luctuosa)

Eastern Pondhawk   (Erythemis simplicicollis)

Butterfly Weed   (Asclepias tuberosa)

Bee on Field Thistle   (Cirsium discolor)

A few more of the Mohr's Barbara's Buttons

Lizard's tail   (Saururus cernuus)

Heal-all, aka Self-heal   (Prunella vulgaris)

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