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General Buck Creek Vicinity Spring 2026 Wildflower Walk Page 1 of 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
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General Buck Creek Vicinity Spring 2026 Wildflower Walk Page 1 of 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
| 1 - Late April 2026 After making a presentation on "Spring Ephemerals of the North Georgia Mtns" to the Towns Co. Dems, I was asked to lead a wildflower walk. I selected the same destination(s) where I had led field trips for 2023's GA Botanical Society Spring Pilgrimage. The first portion of the walk included several stops in the Buck Creek area. Included here also are photos from my pre-walk scouting visit two days before. |
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| Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii) There are never a lot of these here, and I only found one still in bloom. |
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| Painted Trillium (Trillidium undulatum) |
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| Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) was just coming into flower at this location. |
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| Gaywings (Polygaloides paucifolia) |
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| More Gaywings Many of these were starting to fade, but I found enough fresh flowers to show. |
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| Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) in bud |
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| Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) |
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| The Eastern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) were just about at peak bloom. |
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| More Indian Paintbrush |
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| Phlox species |
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| Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) |
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| Bellwort (Uvularia species) I didn't examine them to see which species it was... |
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| More Castilleja (Indian Paintbrush) |
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| Eastern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) |
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| Castilleja and Packera |
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| Serpentine Ragwort (Packera serpenticola) |
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| Heading to the next area, we stopped at a spot where the Painted Trilliums are abundant. |
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| Many of the Trillidiums here have fainter "painting" than the typical Painted Trilliums. |
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| Another Painted Trillium with faint red "painting". |
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| I can usually find a few truly "Unpainted" Painted Trilliums here, but the few I saw were past peak, with faded flowers. This was the closest I found, albeit with some faint veins of red in the petals. |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) This butterfly was puddling with several other species, but the others fluttered off when I got close. Continue to Page 2 of the Wildflower Walk |