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A trio of rue-anemones blooms along the South Fork Peachtree Creek.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
26 March 2025.
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▶ "Thalictrum thalictroides (syn. Anemonella thalictroides) —commonly known as rue-anemone or windflower— is a herbaceous perennial plant in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to woodland in eastern North America. It has white or pink flowers surrounded by a whorl of leaflets with many yellow stamens in the middle."
— Wikipedia.
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Butterfly milkweed wildflowers, blooming in a native plant pollinator garden.
Trailhead Community Park , of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 June 2024.
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▶ "Asclepias tuberosa —commonly known as butterfly weed— is a species of milkweed in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), native to eastern and southwestern North America.
Asclepias tuberosa is a perennial plant growing to 3½ feet tall (1 m). Flowers appear from April to September, in umbels [short flower stalk with umbrella-like ribs] of orange, yellow, or red, ½ wide (1.5 cm), each with five petals and five sepals. Butterflies are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar" [hence the plant's common name].
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Native plant pollinator garden
"Pollinator species such as insects, birds, lizards, and mammals are crucial to our food production. About 75% of US food-crops depend on these pollinators. Pollinator gardens support and maintain native pollinators by supplying pollen and nectar using a variety of native plants [such as milkweed], depending on the location and the natural pollinator species of the area."
— East Decatur Greenway plaque.
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A yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus), blooming wild on Burnt Fork Creek, in...
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
12 April 2025.
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Blue lyreleaf sage, blooming wild, in...
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
9 April 2022.
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▶ "Salvia lyrata —commonly known as lyreleaf sage— is an herbaceous perennial in the mint family (Lamiaceae) and native to the eastern and central United States. It may grow 1 to 2 feet tall, with leaves that originate at the base of the stem. Each basal leaf [arising from the base of the plant.] is lobed like a lyre, hence the species name, and lavender flowers occur in rings around the stem from mid-spring to early summer, attracting butterflies."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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Common grape hyacinths (Muscari atlanticum), blooming —wild and untended— in the shade of an oak tree.
Atlanta (Candler Park), Georgia, USA.
21 March 2025.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ This is a closeup. These small hyacinth blossoms —about 6 inches high (15 cm) and 3 inches wide (7½ cm)— appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
☞ According to NC State Extension, the plant recently has been reclassified from Muscari neglectum to Muscari atlanticum.
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Wild red clover: a most gorgeous and valuable 'weed.'
Trailhead Community Park of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
28 April 2023.
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▶ "Trifolium pratense — commonly known as red clover— is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae. It is native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwest Africa, but has been naturalized in many other regions, such as North and South America.
☞ Trifolium pratense grows 8 to 31 inches tall (20–80 cm). The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 0.5 to 0.6 inches long (12–15 mm), produced in a dense inflorescence [cluster of flowers arranged on a stem], attractive to bumblebees.
☞ Tolerant to drought, Trifolium pratense is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility and promotes protein rich growth, and enables it to support a wide range of wildlife including deer, turkeys, and rabbits. Its flowers and leaves are edible."
— Wikipedia.
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Look down! It's pink, on the banks of...
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
19 June 2021.
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▶ "Rhexia mariana (aka Maryland Meadow Beauty, Pale Meadow Beauty) is a small genus of about 13 species, all of them in North America, and is the only genus in the Melastome family found on the continent outside of southern Florida.
Rhexia is mostly a genus of the southeastern United States, with only two species found north of Virginia. Rhexia mariana is one of those two, ranging as far north as Michigan and New York. It has four pale pink petals (white in var. exalbida) and prominent stamens with long yellow anthers."
— Wildflowers of the United States.
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An outdoor shot from me for once. This was taken at the bottom of my garden, which I appreciate more with each passing day.
It was so moving yesterday to see, and hear, everyone around me come to their doors at 8pm to applaud our wonderful NHS and thank them for everything they're doing for us. And now, this morning, we've just heard that our Prime Minister has tested positive for Covid-19. Look after yourselves, everyone.
For this week's Looking Close... on Friday! group theme, Spring flora.
A red poppy (Papaver rhoeas) blooms in an urban wildflower meadow.
City of Clarkston, Georgia, USA.
13 May 2025.
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Gnarly tree, yellow ragwort, and red diamorpha: spring flora in a granitic landscape.
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
27 March 2024.
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▶ Not quite the summit of monadnock Arabia Mountain, but an 840-foot high plateau (256 m) located about 2,500 feet (760 m) northwest of the true summit.
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Brambly, wild sawtooth blackberry vines, blooming in late winter...or was it early spring?
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
13 March 2024.
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A maypop blooms in June. (Or you might call it purple passionflower.) I call it wild!
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
10 June 2023.
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▶ "Passiflora incarnata —commonly known as maypop or purple passionflower— is a fast-growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora, it is found as a wildflower in the southern United States, growing in thickets, disturbed areas, near riverbanks, and near unmowed pastures, roadsides, and railroads.
☞ The flowers normally begin to bloom in July with five bluish-white petals. They exhibit a white and purple corona, a structure of fine appendages between the petals and stamens. The large flower is typically arranged in a ring above the petals and sepals. They are pollinated by insects such as bumblebees and carpenter bees.
☞ The fleshy fruit —referred to as a maypop— is an oval yellowish-green berry about the size of a hen egg, very popular with wildlife. The gelatinous pulp encases the seeds, the larval food of a number of butterfly species.
☞ The Cherokee in the Tennessee area called the plant, "ocoee"; now, the Ocoee River and valley in Tennessee are named after the plant, which is designated the Tennessee state wildflower."
— Wikipedia.
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Five foot two, eyes of blue,
But, oh! what those five foot could do,
Has anybody seen my girl? *
Baby blue eyes wildflowers, blooming in early spring, but not quite "five foot two." They're 2½ inches tall (6 cm)!
Atlanta (Kirkwood), Georgia, USA.
31 March 2024.
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▶ "Nemophila menziesii — commonly known as baby blue eyes or baby's-blue-eyes— is an annual herb, native to western North America, in the forget-me-not family (Boraginaceae). It grows at elevations from sea level up to almost 6,500 feet (2,000 m), in many types of habitats, including chaparral, valley grasslands, and montane locales [alpine climate mountain slopes]. Nemophila menziesii can occasionally be found outside its native range as an introduced species [such as here in Georgia].
The specific variety, Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii, has bright blue flowers, ¼ to 1½ inches across (6–40 mm), with white centers dotted with black and 4 to 5 petals. It self-seeds under optimum conditions."
— Wikipedia.
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📷 Photographer's note:
On social media, one never knows, does one? But if the Flickr account, Steve McCurry, really is THE award-winning photographer, he has 'faved' my image and I'm honored.
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An oak tree stands majestically in a vacant city lot.
Seen from the Stone Mountain Trail
City of Clarkston, Georgia, USA.
15 May 2025.
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▶ The Stone Mountain Trail is an urban pedestrian trail that stretches for nineteen miles, connecting downtown Atlanta to Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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Brilliant red poppies (Papaver rhoeas) bloom in an urban wildflower meadow planted along a CSX railroad track.
City of Clarkston, Georgia, USA.
13 May 2025.
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▶ The Stone Mountain Trail is an urban pedestrian trail that stretches for nineteen miles, connecting downtown Atlanta to Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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Wild Flower. These little bright yellow flowers keep popping up all over the garden at this time of year. Each little flower emerges from the undergrowth and stretches up towards the sun. Many people call them 'weeds', but at the end of the day a 'weed' is just a wild flower growing where you don't want it to be. I think they are lovely and a joy to see on a bright spring morning.
'Spring Flora' for Looking Close on Friday.
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Idyll beyond the pavement,
How green was my valley
In vernal raiment.
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
15 April 2023.
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▶ The East Decatur Greenway extends, unpaved, about ⅓-mile beyond its paved trailhead to the south, continuing northeastward through a wildflower garden, then over Cecilia Creek (aka East Fork Middle Branch Shoal Creek) via a small pedestrian bridge (pictured here), and, finally, concluding alongside the eastern bank of the creek.
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Bared arms extended,
Kupolė tardy to festoon,
She stands,
Majestic in the city,
As if sculpted upon a plinth.
Atlanta (Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
29 March 2023.
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▶ Kupolė is a Lithuanian deity of spring.
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The mulberry trees are rife with ripe berries.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 April 2025.
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▶ "Morus rubra — commonly known as red mulberry — is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree in the mulberry/fig family (Moraceae), native to eastern and central North America. Mostly found in riparian areas, the trees grow 35-70 feet tall (10–21 m), with trunks up to 20 inches in diameter (50 cm).
The berries are similar in appearance to blackberries, ¾ - 1¼ inches long (2–3 cm), initially pale green, ripening to red or dark purple, and are edible and sweet.
The red mulberry is considered endangered in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, partly because of the invasive white mulberry (Morus alba), introduced from Asia."
— Wikipedia.
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A native blue flag iris (Iris versicolor) wildflower, blooming creekside.
Trailhead Community Park of the East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
7 May 2025.
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Brilliantly yellow azalea, seen in a spring garden.
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
1 April 2024.
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▶ "Rhododendron calendulaceum —commonly known as the flame azalea— is a species of Rhododendron in the heather family (Ericaceae), native to the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, ranging from southern Pennsylvania and Ohio to northern Georgia.
A deciduous shrub that grows up to 4 - 15 feet tall (120 – 450 cm), the flame azalea occurs naturally in mixed deciduous forests, on woodland slopes, and on mountain balds [non-Alpine mountain summits with thick vegetation rather than forests]. It is also a popular, cultivated plant [as pictured here] due to its bright yellow, orange, or red flowers."
— Wikipedia.
▶ Thank you to Flickr-er Barbara Kelley for the identification. See comment below.
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I don't wish to condone bad behavior...but it's an invasive Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) shrub blooming in the rain.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
30 April 2024.
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American red raspberries (Rubus strigosus), growing wild, creekside, in...
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
7 June 2024.
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▶ Photographer's note:
Photo taken on a spur of the Watershed Trail: one in a "labyrinth of soft-surfaced trails" in and around a 120-acre suburban Piedmont forest located in three Atlanta, Georgia-metropolitan-area DeKalb County parks: Mason Mill Park, Medlock Park, and Melton Park.
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Pleasingly aromatic —but invasive— miniatures: wild Japanese rose shrubs, blooming in...
Seminary Wood in Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
23 April 2024.
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▶ "Rosa multiflora is a species of rose (Rosaceae) —commonly known as multiflora rose, baby rose, Japanese rose, Eijitsu rose— native to China, Japan, and Korea.
Rosa multiflora is a scrambling, deciduous shrub, climbing over other plants to a height of 11- 16 feet (3–5 m), with stout stems and recurved prickles [type of thorn]. The 5-petaled flowers are produced in large corymbs [flat-topped inflorescence]; each flower is small, 5⁄8–1 5⁄8 inches in diameter (1.5–4 cm), white or pink, borne in early summer [or in early spring, as here in Georgia!].
Rosa multiflora was brought to the USA from Asia as a rootstock for many roses; its planting was encouraged as a shrub that would attract wildlife, help with erosion, and be used as a 'living fence' to contain livestock. It is now considered invasive in parts of North America."
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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▶ This is a closeup. These small blossoms appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
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One white 'common poppy' (Papaver rhoeas), blooming in a field of red.
City of Clarkston, Georgia, USA.
13 May 2025.
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Looking Close - On Friday ~ Spring Flora
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Untended and wild, a solitary tiny pink rose —maybe 1½ inches in length (4 cm)— blooms on the forest floor,
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
12 May 2023.
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Woodland embrace,
Like a caress.
Vernal fancy.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
25 April 2025
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📷 Photographer's note.
After uploading the photo, I changed the title from "Twister " to "Like a caress," unabashedly adopting a comment by Flickr-er Kirstie (below). So much the better!
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Avian anthropocene.
The small and the ugly.
Concrete adaptation.
A spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) alights on a graffit'd sanitary sewer manhole, on the shore of...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 May 2024.
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▶ Photographer's note.
Thanks go to Flickr-er Brennan Mulroney for identifying the sandpiper. See their comment below.
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👎 Rejections.
☞ NO thanks go to the administrator of the Flickr group "The Wonder of Waterbirds." On 28 May 2024, they rejected this image for not clearly displaying a waterbird. As I wrote in a comment on the group's discussion section (deleted by the administrator): "Alas, poor Actitis macularius! You've been denied your taxonomical nomenclature."
☞ NO thanks also go to the administrator of "Animals/Birds of Planet Earth." On 6 June 2024, they too rejected this image. Ridiculous!
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▶ Photo by: YFGF.beer.
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— Lens: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R.
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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A yellow flag iris wildflower blooms in the wetlands of...
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
4 April 2024.
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▶ "Iris pseudacorus —commonly known as the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag— is a species of herbaceous flowering perennial plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Europe, western Asia, and northwest Africa.
☞ Iris pseudacorus grows in moist soil at the edge of ponds and waterways, reaching 3 to 6½ feet (1 to 2 m), with erect sword-shaped leaves up to 35 inches long (90 cm). The flowers are bright yellow and 3 to 4 inches across (7–10 cm).
☞ The genus name 'Iris' is named after the Greek goddess of rainbows and the common name, 'flag,' comes from an old English word ('flagge') for reeds, referring to its natural preference for wetlands. The plant's specific epithet 'pseudacorus' means 'false acorus,' referring to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus (sweet flag), even though those two plants are not closely related.
☞ In the US and South Africa, Iris pseudacorus has escaped from cultivation to establish itself as an invasive aquatic plant which can crowd out native plants."
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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▶ Photo by: YFGF.beer.
▶ For a larger image, type 'L' (without the quotation marks).
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R.
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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Spring has sprung, in...
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 March 2022.
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▶ Can a fellow Flickr-er help to identify this shrub? The park supplied no identifying plaque (as it has done for other plants and trees). Based upon Plant.net, I'm guessing a cherry or fruit tree of some sort.
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▶ Photo by Yours For Good Fermentables.com.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Lumix G 20/F1.7 II.
— Flash, in camera.
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection.
▶ Commercial use requires explicit permission, as per Creative Commons.