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2019 Explorations in the Nelson Ridge Area Primarily Looking for Wildflowers |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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2019 Explorations in the Nelson Ridge Area Primarily Looking for Wildflowers |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| 1 - Early April 2019 My first visit of the year, looking for early spring blooms |
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| Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| A pair of Trout Lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
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| Sharp-leaved Hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) |
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| Bear Corn (Conopholis americana) |
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| A view across at the Tusquitee Range |
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| 2 - Early May 2019 Our friend Joan was visiting from Oregon, and this site was one of several stops we made one day. |
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| An opening bud of a Fraser Magnolia (Magnolia fraseri) |
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| A nice clump of Trilliums (Trillium grandiflorum) |
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| An unusual four-petaled Trillium grandiflorum. (A Quadrillium? lol) |
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| Vasey's Trillium (Trillium vaseyi) |
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| Red Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) |
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| An aging Trillium grandiflorum, with the characteristic pink tint |
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| Flower of the Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) |
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| 3 - An early July visit: |
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| Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma) |
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| White Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) |
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| Lanceleaf Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) |
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| Orange, or Spotted, Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) caterpillar |
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| Rhododendron flower buds |
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| Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) |
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| Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemun sp.) |
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| Purple-flowewring Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) |
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| 4 - Mid September 2019 Checking the Turtleheads along Passmore Ridge Rd, FSR-351D:: |
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| Red Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua) |
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| Red Turtleheads This variety is also known as Mountain Turtlehead, and/or Erwin's Turtlehead. |
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| I caught this population just about at peak bloom, for a change. |
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| A nice group, in habitat... |
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| American Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana, syn. Polygonum virginianum) I had never (knowingly) spotted this species before... |
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| The Persicaria flowers are tiny! Maybe 1/8 inch... |
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| American Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) Another new one for me... |