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Spring flora frames the graffit'd support column of a railroad bridge.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
29 April 2025.
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▶ Geographic note:
The railroad bridge spans the South Fork Peachtree Creek where it is joined by smaller Glenn Creek.
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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 splash of lavender color on the forest floor.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2024.
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▶ "Phlox divaricata — commonly known as wild blue phlox, woodland phlox, or wild sweet william— is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae), native to forests and fields in eastern North America, growing in moist, deciduous woods, on bluffs, and in moist fields.
Phlox divaricata is a semi-evergreen perennial growing 10 to 20 inches tall (25–50 cm). Flowers appear in late spring and early summer, blooming in a variety of pastel colors: blue-lavender, light purple, pink, or white. They are ¾ to 1½ inches in diameter (2–4 cm), with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Seen alongside the purple-blazed Three Creeks Trail: one in a "labyrinth of soft-surfaced trails" in and around a 120-acre suburban-Atlanta Piedmont forest. The trail connects Ira B. Melton Park to the larger Mason Mill Park. The three creeks of the trail's name are Glenn Creek, Burnt Fork Creek, and South Fork Peachtree Creek; the first two are tributaries of the third.
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Purple tufted vetch wildflowers bloom in a field, in...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
12 May 2023.
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▶ "Vicia cracca —commonly known as tufted vetch, cow vetch— is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It occurs on other continents as an introduced species, including North America. It often occurs in disturbed habitats, including old fields and roadside ditches.
Vicia cracca has climbing stems growing to 5 feet tall (150 cm). The plant flowers prolifically, sending out 10 to 40 flowered one-sided racemes [short floral stalks], cascading pea-shaped purple to violet flowers during late spring to late summer. Vicia cracca is widely used as a forage crop for cattle and is also much appreciated by bees and butterflies as a source of nectar. It enriches the soil in which it grows by its nitrogen-fixing properties."
— Wikipedia.
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Don't call it a weed! The small wildflower Trifolium repens is a nitrogen-fixer, enriching the soil.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
7 April 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
This is a close-up. The white clover appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life.
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An early azalea native wildflower blooms in the...
Trailhead Community Park, of East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 April 2024.
▶ See another early azalea, budding before opening: here.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 7 May 2024, the administrator for the Flickr group "Flickr Best compositions" rejected this image, writing: "your floral shot just isn't a real good composition, there are no dynamics, nice shot but kinda blase." [their misspelling]. I left the group, but I carry the memory of that nonsense as a badge of honor.
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A walk in the woods,
A bend in the path.
A choice unfraught.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 May 2025.
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Blue anise sage, blooming in a pollinator garden.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
5 June 2025.
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❀ "Salvia guaranitica — commonly known as anise sage, anise-scented sage, blue anise sage, or hummingbird sage — is a species of perennial flowering plant in the sage/mint family (Lamiaceae), native to a wide area of South America. However, it is cultivated all over the world.
Salvia guaranitica is a small shrub growing 4 to 5 feet tall (1.2 to 1.5 m), spreading into a large patch via its spreading roots. The leaves are ovate, measuring 1.6 inches long (4 cm) and nearly as wide, with a fresh, mint-green color and an anise scent when crushed. The inflorescences are up to 10 inches long (25 cm) with flowers in various shades of blue."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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📷 Photographer's note:
The blue tone was so vivid in-camera that I toned down the saturation during editing. And it's still vivid.
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Early-spring vantage point.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
26 March 2025.
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▶ The view from an elevated wooden boardwalk along the South Peachtree Creek Trail, as it winds high above a ravine and rail trestle within the park.
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Invasive but colorful., a mimosa tree blooms alongside the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
10 June 2023.
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▶ "Albizia julibrissin —commonly known as the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree— is a small deciduous tree in the legume family Fabaceae, native to southwestern Asia and eastern Asia. In the United States, the species has become invasive, spreading from the east coast to the midwest.
In the wild, Albizia julibrissin tends to favor dry plains, sandy valleys, and uplands, growing 16 to 52 feet tall (5–16 m). Its bark is dark greenish grey, becoming vertically striped with age. Its leaves are large and frond-like; they close during the night and during periods of rain, the leaflets bowing downward.
The flowers bloom throughout the summer in dense inflorescences, which resemble starbursts of pink silky threads, with a tight cluster of prominent stamens, 2–3 cm long and white or pink with a white base."
— Wikipedia.
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A Carolina silverbell tree, blooming on creek's edge.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2025.
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▶Halesia carolina —commonly called Carolina silverbell or little silverbell— is a small, flowering tree in the storax family (Styracaceae), native to the southeastern United States, growing on moist slopes and creek-banks, coves, and bottomlands.
In spring, Carolina silverbell trees bear masses of pendant [downward-pointing] white bell-shaped flowers (tinged with pink), 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long (1.25 - 2 cm), in drooping clusters of 2 to 5 blooms. Four sepals form a cup with four prominent ribs, and the four petals are fused at the base.
Over its lifespan of 100 years, the small tree will grow no more than 80 feet in height (25 m), with a trunk diameter of 2 feet (0.6 m). The taller trees can have very dramatic leaning, twisting trunks.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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Native wildflowers bringing color to an early spring day.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2024.
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▶ Stylophorum is a small genus of only three species in the relatively small poppy family (Papaveraceae). Two Stylophorum species are native to China, and one, Stylophorum diphyllum —the wood poppy or celandine poppy— is found in eastern North America, on slopes of moist woods and thickets. The common name is derived from greater celandine (Chelidonium majus), a closely related European plant with similar flowers and leaves.
The yellow blossoms —four bright yellow petals, less than an inch wide— are surrounded by examples of another trait of Stylophorum diphyllum — its hairiness. Notice the hairs on the stem, the underside of the leaves, and on the bud. There are numerous yellow stamens surrounding the pale greenish-yellow pistil.
After fertilization, a bristly blue-green pod hangs below the leaves. The pod has four chambers containing seeds with white elaiosomes [fleshy structures attached to seeds that attract ants], that ripen in midsummer.
— Wikipedia.
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Leaves of a 'Rising Sun' Eastern Redbud, in morning light.
Trailhead Community Park of the East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
6 June 2021.
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▶ "Cercis canadensis —the eastern redbud— is a small deciduous tree, native to eastern North America. It typically grows to 20–30 feet tall (6–9 m) with a 26–33 foot spread (8–10 m). The leaves are heart-shaped or broadly ovate, two to five inches long. They come out of the bud folded along the line of the midrib, tawny green; when they are full-grown, they become smooth, dark green above, paler beneath. In autumn, they turn bright clear yellow."
— Wikipedia.
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Tiny common yellow woodsorrel, looking like a buttercup among green shamrocks. Don't call it a weed!
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
6 April 2025.
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▶ "Oxalis stricta —commonly known as common yellow woodsorrel, lemon clover, oxalis, pickle plant, shamrock plant, sourgrass— is an herbaceous plan in the woodsorrel family (Oxalidaceae), native to North America and East Asia, growing in woodlands, meadows, and in disturbed areas.
The tiny ¼-inch wide (½ cm) flowers are yellow with four to five petals/rays. The alternate leaves are divided into three distinctively shamrock (heart-shaped) leaflets that can grow up to ¾ inch wide (2 cm). The leaves curl up at night (exhibiting nyctinasty), and open in the day to perform photosynthesis. The mature seed capsules can vigorously disperse seeds up to 16 feet away (5 m), via explosive dehiscence.
All parts of the plant are edible —with tangy lemon and rhubarb-like flavors— but only in small quantities, as the plant's oxalic acid can inhibit calcium absorption."
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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A colony of New York ferns...in Georgia.
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
14 April 2023.
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▶ "Thelypteris noveboracensis or Amauropelta noveboracensis — commonly known as the New York fern— is a perennial species of fern found throughout the eastern United States and Canada, from Louisiana to Newfoundland, but most concentrated within Appalachia and the Atlantic Northeast. New York fern is common in sunny patches caused by canopy gaps in mixed woodlands, bottomland forests, at the edge of swamps, bogs in wooded ravines, and along streams, forming spreading colonies. The double cut pinnae [feather-shaped leaflets] give the fern a wispy texture."
— Wikipedia.
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Purple blossom lying low.
Vernal exuberance
In silence of headstones.
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
6 June 2025.
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▶ "Stokesia laevis — commonly known as Stokes' aster or cornflower aster — is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to the southeastern United States, growing 1 to 2 feet tall (⅓ - ⅔ m) and up to 18 inches wide (½ m). Its showy deep violet or lavender-blue flowers, 1 to 3 inches wide (2½ - 5 cm), appear in late spring to early summer; its leaves persist through the winter, in dark green rosettes.
Stokesia laevis is the only taxonomic member [monotypic] of the genus Stokesia, named after Jonathan Stokes (1755–1831), an English botanist and physician."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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Some call it a weed.
Feh!
Clover envy.
Red clover (Trifolium pratense) blooms in spring, along the...
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
18 May 2019.
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▶ It's a 'macro' close-up. The wildflower appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life.
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"Only eat 'em when they're ripe," a picker told me. "If not," they warned, gesturing toward a rear portion of their anatomy, "you get the diarrhea!"
Red mulberries alongside the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
11 May 2024.
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▶ “Morus rubra — commonly known as the red mulberry — is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, growing 35–50 feet tall (10–15 m). It is a species of mulberry in the Moraceae family, native to eastern and central North America.
The fruit is a compound cluster of several small achenes [one-seeded fruit attached by a short stalk], similar in appearance to a blackberry, ¾ – 1¼ inches long (2–3 cm). Initially pale green, the fruit ripens to red or dark purple.”
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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The trail is bursting with blooming, wild, native oakleaf hydrangea shrubs.
DeKalb County (North Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
24 May 2024.
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▶ "Hydrangea quercifolia — commonly known as oakleaf hydrangea or oak-leaved hydrangea— is a deciduous shrub with white showy flower heads, in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to the southeastern United States, often in woodland habitats.
Hydrangea quercifolia grows to 3–12 feet tall (0.91–3.66 m). The leaves are yellowish green to dark green on top and silvery-white underneath, turning rich shades of red, bronze, and purple in autumn.
Hydrangea quercifolia flowers are borne in erect panicles [cone-shaped flower clusters] 6–12 inches tall (15.2–30.5 cm) and 3–5 inches wide (7.6–12.7 cm). Flowers age in color from creamy white to pink; by autumn and winter, they are a dry, papery rusty brown. Hydrangea quercifolia and Hydrangea paniculata are the only hydrangeas with panicles; all the others have their flowers in umbels [flat-topped clusters].
Its specific epithet combines the Latin words quercus ('oak') and folium ('leaf'). Although the plant's leaves vaguely resemble larger versions of oak tree leaves, it is not closely related to oak species."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's note:
Immediately after taking this shot, I looked up and saw this!
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Spring has come to the deciduous among the evergreen.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2025.
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A tiny, native Small Venus' Looking-Glass wildflower (Triodanis perfoliata subsp. biflora), blooming along the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
8 May 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
This is a close-up. The tiny blossom — ¼-inches across (0.6 cm) — appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life.
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White-blossomed shrubs, lining the walk, in...
Shadyside Park of the Olmsted Linear Park System
Atlanta (Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
29 March 2023.
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▶ Can a fellow Flickr-er identity this plant? Reeves' meadowsweet (Spiraea cantoniensis), perhaps?
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"Every honey bee fills with jealousy
When they see you out with me.
Goodness knows,
You're my honeysuckle rose."
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
29 April 2023.
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▶ "Lonicera japonica —known as Japanese honeysuckle, and golden-and-silver honeysuckle— is a species of honeysuckle —in the family Caprifoliaceae— native to eastern Asia, but has become an invasive species in a number of countries, including the U.S.
Lonicera japonica is a twining vine able to climb up to 33 feet high (10 m) in trees. The flowers are double-tongued, opening white and fading to yellow, and sweetly vanilla scented. The fruit, which is produced in fall, is a black spherical berry 0.12–0.16 inches in diameter (3–4 mm). While the nectar from the flowers can be safely consumed by humans, all other parts of the plant are toxic."
— Wikipedia.
▶"Out of 24.8 million acres of forested area [in the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia], 920,000 are infested with honeysuckles. This number doesn’t include the flowers found along farmfield edges or in residential areas."
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Early-spring butterweed, blooming tall, creekside, in...
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
13 April 2023.
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▶ "Packera glabella (formerly Senecio glabellus) is one of several plants with the common name butterweed — but also is known as yellowtop, cressleaf groundsel, and floodplain ragwort. It is native to central and southeastern North America. Butterweed grows in clay and loam soils in disturbed areas and in prairie and floodplain habitats. It is toxic when eaten by humans."
— Wikipedia.
▶ "Butterweed usually has 13 yellow ray florets, but may have as few as 8. There may be 50 or more yellow disc florets. A somewhat early spring flower, it can be found blooming March through May. Among other insects, mosquitos are pollinators for this plant. Butterweed grows to about 2½ feet tall (76 cm). There is a main, glabrous [hairless] stem which is usually distinctly striped, pink to purple. The flower heads form on stems arising from the leaf axils. The leaves are pinnately lobed [resembling a feather]. There may be up to 5 pairs of lateral lobes and a terminal lobe, with the lobes getting larger toward the end of the leaf."
— Wildflowers of the United States.
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