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Roadside Wildflowers Overflow Creek Rd - Spring 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
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Roadside Wildflowers Overflow Creek Rd - Spring 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
| Mid April: |
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| Dwarf Iris (Iris verna) |
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| Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
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| A pair of Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) |
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| Trillium erectum |
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| I suspected that these were Wood Lilies (Clintonia sp.), but the hairy stems made me wonder... |
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| Barren Strawberry (Geum donianum, syn. Waldsteinia fragarioides) |
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| In late April, I returned to check the blooms on the suspected lilies: |
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| Sure enough, the plants were Speckled Wood Lilies (Clintonia umbellulata) |
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| The flowers were just coming into bloom |
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| Several examples follow... |
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| Ten days later (early May), another visit: |
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| Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens) |
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| The Wood Lilies were fully in bloom |
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| An example of the dense growth of the lilies |
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| These flowers had an uncommon color variation. |
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| Very light speckling on this plant |
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| Another plant with color variation |
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| Fairy Wands (Chamaelirium luteum) |
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| Fairy Wand - male flower stalk |
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| Female flower of the Fairy Wand |
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| Another common name for this species is Devil's Bit. |
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| Large-flowered Heartleaf (Hexastylis shuttleworthii) |
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| The jug flowers are much larger than the more common Heartleaf |
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| Jugs |
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| Vasey's Trillium (Trillium vaseyi) |
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| Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) |