Logo Chestnut Branch
Spring 2023
All Text & Images:
Copyright (2023)

Early April

I was making my first Spring 2023 visit to four sites in this general vicinity.
So of course I went over to revisit my favorite sedge.


Frasers_sedge
Fraser's Sedge   (Carex fraseriana)


Frasers_sedge
Fraser's Sedge flowers


Frasers_sedge
A pair of inflorescences


Frasers_sedge
The male flowers are on top, female flowers in the lower portion.


Frasers_sedge
Another nice bunch of Carex fraseriana


Frasers_sedge
One more flower stalk


Hepatica
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)


Hepatica
Another Hepatica, showing color variation in the petals


Hepatica
Another color variety


Bloodroot
Bloodroot   (Sanguinaria canadensis)
The flowers had already closed in late afternoon...



Blue_Cohosh
Blue Cohosh   (Caulophyllum thalictroides)



Creeks & Branches Buck Creek Index
Natural Environments NE GA - NC Index