August 31st, 2012. We
didn’t have a lot of time so we made a quick trip to the Charlie Elliott
Wildlife Center in the Clybel Wildlife Management Area in Jasper County,
Georgia. One of the roads, Murder Creek Church Road, passes below the dam impounding
Fox Lake (still called Boyle Lake Number Five on Google Maps). This is a moist area and a good place to look for wildflowers.
Desmodium canescens (Hoary Ticktrefoil)?
Flowers at the tip of the stem
The leaves
A
flower, up close
A
drama was playing out among the flowers, This Green Lynx spider (cc) had caught
a bumble bee – as big and probably heavier than itself - and was figuring out
how to converit from prey to dinner.
Ipomoea
lacunosa (Whitestar)
The
flower and leaf
A
closer view of a flower
Ipomoea
coccinea (Redstar)
The
tube
Close
up of the face of the flower
Helenium
amarum (Bitter Sneezeweed)
This
wildflower is one of the most faithful bloomers throughout the dry months.
Diodia virginiana (Virginia Buttonweed)
Grows
like a grass along the ground and is easy to overlook
Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed)
Jewelweed is not common in this area but can be
found in moist areas
Erigeron strigosus (Daisy Fleabane)
These plants bloom in the spring but don’t
bloom well during the heat of summer. They seem to bounce back when it cools
down again.
Apios americana (Groundnut)
A flower head
The leaves
Closer view of the individual flowers. It would have been easy to overlook these
flowers since they blend into the vegetation.
Verbena brasiliensis (Brazilian Vervain)
Dellcate flowers on tall plants. The flowers are only about
1/4 inch diameter but the plants may be 5 to 6 feet tall.
Quite a variety of wildflowers made the trip
worthwhile.
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Identification
resources:
Southeastern
Flora:
Name
that Plant: Native and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia:
Missouri Plants:
Distribution:
United
States Department of Agriculture Plants Database:
- Ipomoea lacunosa (Whitestar)
