1 - Mid April 2024
After making my annual Ramps harvest in N GA, I headed up to Buck Creek to see how the spring wildflowers were coming along. It was still a bit early up there...
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Trout Lilies (Erythronium species)
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Gaywings, aka Fringed Polygala (Polygaloides paucifolia)
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Gaywings
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Eastern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
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Indian Paintbrush
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Indian Paintbrush
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Bluets (Houstonia species)
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2 - Early May 2024
Spring was moving along fast, so I was trying to catch as many spring ephemerals as possible before they're gone.
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Painted Trillium (Trillidium undulatum)
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"Unpainted" Painted Trillium
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Painted Trillium
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The Trillium erectums were mostly on their way out.
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Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii) We don't see many of these around here.
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Another Southern Nodding Trillium
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Gaywings (Polygaloides paucifolia)
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More Gaywings
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Another Painted Trillium
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Phlox species
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Greater (Large) Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)
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Large Yellow Lady's Slipper
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Trillium grandiflorum
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Appalachian Little Brown Jugs (Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii)
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Eastern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
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