April 13th, 2013. It was
clear from our trip to Boggs Creek Recreation Area in the Chestatee Wildlife Management in Lumpkin County on March 30th
that this would be an interesting place to follow through the Spring wildflower
season. Particularly, a couple of developing wildflowers – a trillium and a
plant with fern-like leaves – had piqued our interest and we wanted to identify
them. From our first stop at the trilliums and the creekside, we drove up to
the end of the road again.
Bracket fungus
A closer view of the largest from the side, and…
One bracket had been knocked off the log and allowed an easy photograph of its identity as a polypore.
Stellaria pubera (Star Chickweed, Giant Chickweed, Great Chickweed)
This species is found mainly in the Piedmont counties in Georgia.
We found a carpet of plants at the base of a tree. (This was the only place that we saw such a thick growth of these plants. In other locations, we saw only individual plants that certainly didn’t grab our attention in the way that this patch did.)
Opposite leaves…
Erigeron pulchellus (Robin’s Plantain)
This species is found mainly in the Piedmont counties in Georgia. As
we drove north, we began to see…
Individual plants were only about 9 to 10 inches tall with a small rosette of leaves at the base, thick stems and clusters of flowers.
The characteristic calyces
A simple, elegant flower.
Until next time at Boggs Creek…
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Identification Resources:
Southeastern Flora
Natural
and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia:
Distribution:
United
States Department of Agriculture Plants Database:
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