Logo 2019 Explorations in the Nelson Ridge Area
Primarily Looking for Wildflowers
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Copyright (2019)

1 - Early April 2019
My first visit of the year, looking for early spring blooms

Bloodroot
Bloodroot   (Sanguinaria canadensis)


Trout_Lily_pair
A pair of Trout Lilies   (Erythronium umbilicatum)


Hepatica
Sharp-leaved Hepatica   (Anemone acutiloba)


Bearcorn
Bear Corn   (Conopholis americana)


Tusquittee_view
A view across at the Tusquitee Range



2 - Early May 2019
Our friend Joan was visiting from Oregon, and this site was one of several stops we made one day.

Magnolia_flower
An opening bud of a Fraser Magnolia   (Magnolia fraseri)


Trilliums
A nice clump of Trilliums   (Trillium grandiflorum)


Trillium_grandiflorum_quad
An unusual four-petaled Trillium grandiflorum.   (A Quadrillium? lol)


Trillium_vaseyi
Vasey's Trillium   (Trillium vaseyi)


Trillium_erectum
Red Wake Robin   (Trillium erectum)


Trillium_grandiflorum_pink
An aging Trillium grandiflorum, with the characteristic pink tint


Ohio_Buckeye_flower
Flower of the Ohio Buckeye   (Aesculus glabra)



3 - An early July visit:

Monarda_didyma
Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma)


Monarda_clinopodia
White Bergamot   (Monarda clinopodia)


Lysimachia
Lanceleaf Loosestrife   (Lysimachia lanceolata)


Jewelweed
Orange, or Spotted, Jewelweed   (Impatiens capensis)


Pipevine_Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) caterpillar


Rhodie_buds
Rhododendron flower buds


Rhododendron
Rosebay Rhododendron   (Rhododendron maximum)


Mountain_Mint
Mountain Mint   (Pycnanthemun sp.)


Rubus_odoratus
Purple-flowewring Raspberry   (Rubus odoratus)



4 - Mid September 2019
Checking the Turtleheads along Passmore Ridge Rd, FSR-351D::

Turtlehead
Red Turtlehead   (Chelone obliqua)


Turtlehead
Red Turtleheads
This variety is also known as Mountain Turtlehead, and/or Erwin's Turtlehead.



Turtlehead
I caught this population just about at peak bloom, for a change.


Turtlehead
A nice group of Chelone obliqua, in habitat...


Persicaria_virginiana
American Jumpseed   (Persicaria virginiana, syn. Polygonum virginianum)
I had never (knowingly) spotted this species before...



Persicaria_virginiana
The Persicaria flowers are tiny!   Maybe 1/8 inch...


Hog_Peanut
American Hog Peanut   (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
Another new one for me...




Nelson Ridge Rd Index Tusquitee-Boteler Index
Western NC Index NE GA - NC Index