Late May woods in north Alabama
This is a trail on Land Trust land on Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama. The woods were well shaded, almost dark at times, humid, but generally cooler. The forest is rocky and calcareous. I would consider it moist, as there are a few ephemeral stream beds and one spring that winds its way perpendicular to the trail. Very few flowers were in bloom. I found Hairy Wood Mint - Blephilia hirsuta, Heart-leaved Skullcap - Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata, Wild Petunia - Ruellia caroliniensis, and Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica, the latter two just one individual plant. Quite a few butterflies, all of them Little Wood-Satyr - Megisto cymela - as far as I could tell.
Late May woods in north Alabama
This is a trail on Land Trust land on Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama. The woods were well shaded, almost dark at times, humid, but generally cooler. The forest is rocky and calcareous. I would consider it moist, as there are a few ephemeral stream beds and one spring that winds its way perpendicular to the trail. Very few flowers were in bloom. I found Hairy Wood Mint - Blephilia hirsuta, Heart-leaved Skullcap - Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata, Wild Petunia - Ruellia caroliniensis, and Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica, the latter two just one individual plant. Quite a few butterflies, all of them Little Wood-Satyr - Megisto cymela - as far as I could tell.