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Winter through Early Spring:

Mullein
Common (or Wooly) Mullein   (Verbascum thapsus)
The soft, velvety basal leaves are all that show in winter.




Spring blooms on fruit trees:
Relics of old orchards from the time when much of this location was farmed.


Peach_blossoms
Peach blossoms


Pear blooms
Pear blossoms


Flowering_Peach
Flowering Peach Tree on Little Kennesaw




Saxifrage
Emerging Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) buds


Saxifrage
Saxifrage blooms a few weeks later




Anemone
Eastern Prairie Anemone   (Anemone berlandieri),   flower opening
(Or perhaps A. caroliniana; will need to check the rest of the plant in 2016...)



Anemone
Eastern Prairie Anemone,   flower open




Woolly_Ragwort
Woolly Ragwort   (Senecio tomentosus, syn: Packera tomentosa)




Elf-Orpine
Elf Orpine   (Diamorpha smallii)
See the "Rock Outcrops & Seeps" page for more of this unique plant.





Rue_Anemone
Rue Anemone   (Thalictrum thalictroides)


Pink_Rue_Anemone
The flowers of this common spring wildflower are usually white,
but occasionally a pink or purple flowered plant is found.





Bloodroot
Looks like I was too late for the Bloodroot flowers this year (2015).




Pennywort
Pennywort   (Obolaria virginica)
These tiny plants are beautiful but easily overlooked on the forest floor.





Buckeye_flowers
Buckeye flowers   (Aesculus species) - getting ready to bloom.




Bluets
Bluets   (Houstonia caerulea)




Wood_sorrel
Violet Wood Sorrel   (Oxalis violacea)




Goats_Rue
Goat's Rue   (Tephrosia virginiana)




Toadflax
Blue Toadflax   (Nuttallanthus canadensis)




Serviceberry_tree_blooms
Serviceberry tree blossoms   (Amelanchier arborea)


Hickory_flowers
Hickory flowers emerging




Rockcress
Green Rockcress   (Arabis missouriensis)




Wood_Sorrel
Wood Sorrel   (Oxalis)


Eastern_Bluestar
Eastern Bluestar   (Amsonia tabernaemontana)



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