Wildflowers at Boggs Creek Recreation Area: Take Four

April 26th, 2013. We had visited Boggs Creek Recreation Area in the Chestatee Wildlife Management in Lumpkin County on March 30^th, April 13^th and April 20^th. This was our fourth visit…


Trillium vaseyi (Sweet Wakerobin, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth)

We stopped to photograph these flowers yet again.

This flower had been blown above the leaves by the windy conditions. Most flowers were still hiding under the leaves out of sight.

Some were still in excellent condition. The lower of these two flowers was on the largest plant in the patch; this flower was 3” to 4” in diameter.

Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wakerobin, Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium)
We found many of these along the road, most in excellent condition. Most of the flowers we had seen previously were a very light pink. Here, we spotted a flower that was…

almost pure white.
 

Many were light pink, to…

Medium pink, and a few were…

a deep pink.

Tiarella cordifolia (Heartleaf Foamflower, Foamflower, Mountain Foamflower, False Miterwort)

 

 

Foamflowers were still flourishing. 

Cardamine diphylla (Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot)
This species has been documented only in counties in far north Georgia. We had found a few plants here on our previous visit but didn’t get photos. This time we were successful.

The plant

Closer views of the leaves

Closer views of the flowers.

Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus (Eastern Sweetshrub, Smooth Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice)  
This species has been documented in many counties in the northern half of Georgia.

Flowers and leaves in filtered sunlight

Close views of individual flowers.  It will be interesting to see if these flowers develop seedpods.

Under normal conditions, we would have gone over to Dicks Creek again. However, we were travelling in a vehicle that probably would not have handled the rougher road very well, we headed over to Sosebee Cover – our first visit to this site – to see what was blooming…

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Identification Resources:
Southeastern Flora

- Trillium vasayi (Sweet Wakerobin) 

- Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wakerobin)
- Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)

- Cardamine diphylla (Crinkleroot)
- Calycanthus floridus (Eastern Sweetshrub)

Natural and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia:  

- Trillium vaseyi (Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth)

- Trillium catesbaei (Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashfull Trillium, Rose Trillium) 
- Tiarella cordifolia (Mountain Foamflower, False Miterwort)
- Cardamine diphylla (Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot)
- Calycanthus floridus (Smooth Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice)

Distribution:
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database:
- Trillium vaseyi (Sweet Wakerobin)
- Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wakerobin)
- Tiarella cordifolia (Heartleaf Foamflower)
- Cardamine diphylla (Crinkleroot)
- Calycanthus floridus (Eastern Sweetshrub)

Related post:
- Early Spring Wildflowers At Boggs Creek Recreation Area
- Wildflowers at Boggs Creek Recreation Area: Take Two (Part 1)
- Wildflowers at Boggs Creek Recreation Area: Take Two (Part 2)
- Wildflowers at Boggs Creek Recreation Area: Take Two (Part 3)
- Spring Wildflowers at Dicks Creek (Part 2) 
- Wildflowers at Boggs Creek Recreation Area: Take 3 – Trilliums
- Wildflowers at Boggs Creek Recreation Area: Take Three - Other Wildflowers