July 20th. (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 early spring wildflowers have finished blooming; it’s time to
watch the developing fruit. A few late spring/summer wildflowers were blooming.
Fruit were developing on the Buttonbushes (Cephalanthus
occidentalis).
Looking back along the lake from the Fishing Area.
The
Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia
caroliniensis) had finally finished blooming. In the ‘Rock Garden,’…
the
seed capsules on the Wild Yam (Dioscorea
villosa) were still doing well.
The Resurrection Fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides) on a tree trunk in the Rock Garden
was still dried; two weeks now.
A seed
capsule on an Eastern Sweetshrub (Calycanthus
floridus) was hiding behind the leaves but wasn’t showing any signs of
ripening.
Smooth
Yellow False Foxgloves (Aureolaria flava)
were still blooming in the shade of the woods.
The
Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
plant, that had released its seeds, was still standing but completely dried.
In
the woods just behind the Perfoliate Bellwort, a...
spider,
a Basilica Orbweaver (Mecynogea lemniscata), had spun a
large web, and…
attached five egg cases to it. (Thanks to Bug Guide for this
identification).
A little further along the trail,…
buds were developing on a Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor). It woudn’t be long
before they were open.
The Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus
moscheutos) had finished blooming and were developing many seed
capsules, one of which had already…
ripened and opened.
Seeds in a segment of a ripened capsule.
On the walk back to the Fishing Area, I found a…
Cranefly Orchid in bloom beside the trail.
The final spotting for the day was an Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia) butterfly; a beautiful creature
and the second that I’d seen on this trail this year.
This may have been the ‘quietest’ along this trail so far
this year, but it did have its high points.
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