Sat
Mar 31 2007
10:17 am
Rich Mountain Wildflowers
By: R. Neal

We took Fletch's advice, sort of, and went for a ride over Rich Mountain road yesterday afternoon. There were quite a few wildflowers along the way. Click "read more" to see some photos. I gave up trying to identify all these (except for the trillium, phlox, and redbuds, and by the way the redbuds are absolutely beautiful up there right now). Any help appreciated...

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bizgrrl's picture

What a great road. One way

Submitted by bizgrrl on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 10:25am.

What a great road. One way and only 3 cars in 2 hours.

Remember the band Rich Mountain Tower? We liked their music a lot.

What about the bird with a song that sounds like brake's squeaking? Either there are a lot of them along the road or one followed us the whole way. Thought maybe it was escorting us out of the park.

Update: I sure do love trillium.

Andy Axel's picture

Second one looks like Trout

Submitted by Andy Axel on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 11:18am.

Second one looks like Trout Lily.

Third one looks like Rue Anemone.

The one under that appear to be Birdfoot Violets.

4th from the bottom looks like Round-lobed Hepatica.

Last one is Purple Larkspur.

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bizgrrl's picture

Do you know your wild

Submitted by bizgrrl on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 1:15pm.

Do you know your wild flowers or what? Thanks, Andy!

fletch's picture

Very good show. The first

Submitted by fletch on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 1:28pm.

Very good show. The first one is bloodroot, which is one of the very first bloomers and in normal years are gone by the time you see phlox and larkspur. This is not a normal year. Next up, rhododendron and mountain laurel blooming in April?

Rachel's picture

Bloodroot

Submitted by Rachel on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 10:40pm.

We have some in our back yard. Bloomed ten days or so ago and is finished now. Certainly was lovely while it lasted.

WhitesCreek's picture

I think the fourth fron the

Submitted by WhitesCreek on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 7:32pm.

I think the fourth fron the bottom is wild geranium, but it's time for round lobed hepatica. I tried to transplant a RLH last year but the dozier beat me to it. There's so much cool stuff in the way of development and so little time.

Steve

Up Goose Creek's picture

Wild Oats?

Submitted by Up Goose Creek on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 9:10pm.

The second is not trout lily, which has a leaf with brownish spots (like a trout)and all the leaves come from the base. I've heard this called wild oats.

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rikki's picture

Yes, that's wild oats, not

Submitted by rikki on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 9:44pm.

Yes, that's wild oats, not trout lily, and the fifth one is serviceberry (a tree, of course). You said you didn't need help on the trillium, but it looks like you have both species where the flower has no stalk -- the first and last being toadshade trillium (yellow) and the middle one being wake robin (maroon).

I'm not sure what the shrub with the small, white, many-petaled flowers is. It seems like I see it most often in yards, so it may be an exotic ornamental.

Les Jones's picture

Nice pics

Submitted by Les Jones on Sat, 2007/03/31 - 10:36pm.

You've inspired Melissa and I to go to Ijams or the Smokies over the Easter weekend.

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Mykhailo's picture

1. bloodroot2. perfoliate

Submitted by Mykhailo on Sun, 2007/04/01 - 9:10am.

1. bloodroot
2. large-flowered bellwort ("wild oats" seems to be used mostly for a different bellwort -- Uvularia sessifolia)
3. rue anemone
4. bird's-foot violet
5. a serviceberry (arborea, I suppose)
6. Trillium species are pretty confusing, and the common names are a total mess. I'm guessing this is Trillium luteum, but as far as English -- I dunno. "Yellow toadshade", maybe.
7. Trillium sessile. The common blotchy leaved red one, whatever people call it.
8. blue phlox (Phlox divaricata)
9. #6
10. wild geranium
11. Maybe a bridal veil spirea?
12.
13. dwarf larkspur.

WhitesCreek's picture

I'm looking at my large

Submitted by WhitesCreek on Sun, 2007/04/01 - 10:11am.

I'm looking at my large flowered bellwort through binoculars (it's raining pretty hard) and picture number two looks just like it. Gotta be.

R. Neal's picture

Thanks one and all for the

Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 2007/04/01 - 11:29am.

Thanks one and all for the taxonomy lesson!

redmondkr's picture

I wouldn't hurt to remember

Submitted by redmondkr on Sun, 2007/04/01 - 2:42pm.

I wouldn't hurt to remember the location of that serviceberry tree and go back for some of the fruit.

Good Eats!

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