USWildflowers.com Journal
Reports on Gerry Williamson’s Wildflower Photo Trips
Wildflower Journal
Wildflower: A flowering plant that grows without cultivation.This is a journal of my discovery of wildflowers, which not only will provide my memory (since the biological memory is failing more and more,) but also can be a valuable record as to when certain wildflowers will be in bloom.
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Wildflower Identification References for The Pocket
Posted on February 4th, 2010 No comments
Trailing Trillium - Trillium decumbens
There is now a page on USWildflowers.com dedicated to The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, including the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail. This page has information about this wonderful area owned and managed by the State of Georgia, and also includes several wildflower identification sheets which you can print and take with you on your visit to The Pocket to help identify the flowers you see.
Update 02/07/2010: ID Guide for March 11 – March 20 has been added to the page.
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Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris) added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on January 26th, 2010 No commentsNative plant Northern Dewberry added to USWildflowers Database. Rubus flagellaris – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Rubus%20flagellaris
Northern Dewberry
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Bursting-heart (Euonymus americanus) added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on January 18th, 2010 No commentsNative plant Bursting-heart added to USWildflowers Database. Euonymus americanus – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Euonymus%20americanus
Bursting-heart - Euonymus americanus
The common name “Bursting-heart” comes from the bright red seed capsule which bursts open in the fall of the year.
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Great Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum reniforme) added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on January 11th, 2010 No commentsNative plant Great Indian Plantain added to USWildflowers Database. Arnoglossum reniforme – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Arnoglossum%20reniforme
Great Indian Plantain
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Nine Butterfly Photographs Added to the Insect Album
Posted on January 8th, 2010 No commentsNine photographs of butterflies have been added to the USWildflowers.com insect photo album. These photos were also posted on Twitter via Twitpic over the past 9 days.
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Smooth Solomon’s Seal Photos and Information Updated
Posted on December 28th, 2009 No commentsInformation with four new photographs about Smooth Solomon’s Seal - Polygonatum biflorum – have been updated. The additional photographs now bring to 300 the number of photographs displaying the 175 species now in the database.
Smooth Solomon's Seal
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False Solomon Seal Classification Updated to Maianthemum racemosum
Posted on December 27th, 2009 No commentsFalse Solomon’s Seal, which has the “official” national common name of Feather False Solomon Seal, was listed in my old wildflower guide, the one I used when I first photographed and identified this plant five years ago, as Smilacina racemosa. I’ve subsequently discovered that classification has changed.
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Broad-leaf Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum canadense) added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on December 25th, 2009 No commentsNative plant Broad-leaf Waterleaf added to USWildflowers Database. Hydrophyllum canadense – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Hydrophyllum%20canadense
Broadleaf Waterleaf
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Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on December 24th, 2009 No commentsNon-Native plant Indian Strawberry added to USWildflowers Database Duchesnea indica – http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Duchesnea%20indica
Indian Strawberry
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Lyreleaf Sage added to USWildflowers Database http://www.twitpic.com/uscg3 #wildflowers
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 No commentsNative plant Lyreleaf Sage added to USWildflowers Database – Salvia lyrata. http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Salvia%20lyrata
Salvia lyrata
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Yellow Crownbeard added to USWildflowers.com database. http://twitpic.com/unkee http://bit.ly/4JiPWP #wildflowers #nativeplants
Posted on December 22nd, 2009 No commentsNative plant Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis) added to USWildflowers.com database. Detail page with 4 additional photos at http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Verbesina%20occidentalis
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Sulfur Cinquefoil Added to USWildflowers Database http://www.twitpic.com/ues5g #wildflowers
Posted on December 20th, 2009 No commentsSulfur Cinquefoil Added to USWildflowers Database http://www.twitpic.com/ues5g. Detail page with 4 additional photos at http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Potentilla%20recta
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Flowering Dogwood added to USWildflowers Database
Posted on December 19th, 2009 No commentsFlowering Dogwood added to USWildflowers Database http://www.twitpic.com/u64p3 #wildflowers
Detail page here:
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“Tuning” Updates to USWildflowers.com
Posted on December 18th, 2009 No commentsMy raised awareness of issues around native vs introduced plants resulting from my time on Twitter, as well as a decision to standardize my “group name” using the common name applied to the plant genus has led me to make a few recent minor changes to the USWildflowers website. Hopefully these changes will be helpful to folks using the site. Read on for details… Read the rest of this entry »
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Identification Correction – Silene rotundifolia
Posted on November 30th, 2009 No comments
Silene rotundifolia - Roundleaf Catchfly
Back in 2004, when the only real wildflower identification guide I had was Audubon’s North American Wildflowers Eastern, I identified this flower as Fire Pink – Silene virginica. I was wrong.
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