Summer At Fort Yargo State Park: Shelter A To The Old Fort, July 27th, 2015 (Part 2)

July 27th. (Continued from…).  I started to walk again at Fort Yargo State Park in Winder, Georgia. One of my favorite walks is from the Group Shelter A to the Old Fort and back. This is a rewarding walk for viewing wildflowers and I’ve been trying to walk it weekly and document the wildflowers I see.

The route, which I described here, here, and here.

The early spring wildflowers have finished blooming; it’s time to watch the developing fruit. A few late spring/summer wildflowers are blooming now.

As I was checking one of the bushes above the cliff, I startled a…

Linne’s Annual Cicada (Neotibicen linnei). It may have recently emerged from the…

nymphal case that I found on a leaf of a bush above the trail.

Although quite aged now, these bracket fungi still provided an attractive diversion.

The Eastern Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) fruit on the bush above the cliff was starting to show the slightest tinge of yellow.

The fruits on the Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) were still developing and showing a slight tinge of red. Although most of the flowers had finished blooming, a defiant…

flower bud was going to bloom before too long.

Looking back towards the bridge into the Fishing Area.

A pretty lichen on one of the boulders in the Fishing Area. 

In the ‘Rock Garden,’ the…

seed capsules on the Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) were still green; no sign of ripening yet, but the...

fruit on the Eastern Sweetshrub was definitely starting to turn yellow.

A few stems of Smooth Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria flava) were still blooming, with many buds still to go. 

When I rejoined the main trail, I noticed an…

unusual caterpillar on a fallen log. It looked like a tussock moth caterpillar and it proved to be a Definite Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Orgyia definita). 

At the inlet below the Old Fort, most of the…

seed capsules on the Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) had ripened and…

opened, ready to release their seeds. 

Out on the inlet, a…

Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) was resting on a submerged log. The goose had been there when I drove into the park; it had been in the same place for more than an hour. 

At the edge of the water… 

Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) plants were blooming.

A male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa), was resting on a reed when it wasn’t patrolling in search of food.

I walked back along the main trail and found a few…

Hairy Elephantfoot (Elephantopus tomentosus) plants blooming in the dappled sunlight.

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