Bob Stevens tells us about this first site as Reds Broadhead, Charlie Andrews, Danny Hall, and Patsy Barr listen.
Pure white spidery stamens with an attractive light flush of pink on the edges.
Some plants had wide, full petals; other had narrow petals.
These petals are narrow, almost strap-like.
R. alabamense growing on the hillside along with Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea).
These flowers have six petals.
This plant has double flowers.
The plants were usually under four feet tall.
We saw R. alabamense ground cover, which looked stoloniferous and was never over six inches tall.
Bob and Patsy Barr inspect the plants.
Alabamense has glandular hairs on the tubes and pedicels.
Sweet shrub (Calycanthus florida)
The yellow blotches varied in intensity. A few plants had no blotch at all.
This plant has pink tubes.
British soldiers (Cladonia) surrounded by the patriot militia - hairy-cap moss (Polytrichum).
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is found on the hillsides too.
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
Resurrection fern (Polypodium polypodiiodes)
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Wild black cherry (Prunus serotina)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia)
A view from the top of the hill on the first site.
Nope. It is not paint or the results of a tossed mustard sandwich. It is a yellow fungus.
Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens)
Plants growing in the wooded understory were not as floriferous as those growing in more sun.
Can you see the fine frilly edges on the petals of this plant? Nice.
The flush of pink on the fingers often disappears after the corollas open.
One of the few R. canescens seen, past prime.
These petals were curved and twisted.
Large flowers, a nice yellow blotch, pink flush, and pink stamens make this a particularly attractive plant.
Wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
This plant, growing under a power line in full sun most of the day, is loaded with flowers, but was just opening on April 7, 2012.
Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) seedlings
A plant with no yellow blotch.
