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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park ~ Flowering Plants ~ |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2015) |
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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park ~ Flowering Plants ~ |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2015) |
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| Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa) is abundant within the Park. Below is a selection of buds & blooms: |
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| This plant is going to fruit |
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| Buds, flowers and spent flowers |
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| Opuntia humifusa flowers |
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| Opuntia humifusa flower |
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| Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) buds |
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| Spiderwort blooms |
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| Crab Spider on Spiderwort |
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| Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata) |
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| Ragwort (Senecio aureus) on seepy rock outcrop |
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| Pinks (Silene virginica) |
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| Blackberry flowers (Rubus fruticosus aggregate) |
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| Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) in full bloom |
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| A rarity in our area |
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| Katydid nymph (Scudderia sp.) on Saponaria officinalis (Soapwort, Bouncing Bet) |
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| Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum) |
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| Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) |
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| Trailing Bush Clover (Lespedeza recumbens) |
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| Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) |
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| Slender Gerardia, aka Slenderleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia) Looks like deer got most of this plant; it was the only one I saw on a November day. |
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| Wild Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) I didn't expect to see sage in this wooded environment. |
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| Cudweed (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium), going to seed |