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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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La frescura de las flores que hablan de la primavera!
Que tengas un buen día.
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El camino del necio es derecho en su opinión;
Mas el que obedece al consejo es sabio.
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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Morning light dapples a riot of ragwort wildflowers.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
12 April 2025.
▶ See a closer view of a ragwort wildflower: here.
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▶ Geographical notes:
☞ As seen on the purple-blazed Three Creeks 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.
☞ The three creeks of the trail's name are Glenn Creek, Burnt Fork Creek, and South Fork Peachtree Creek. The wildflowers lie in wetlands of the third.
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Tiny, yellow, early spring flora.
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
23 March 2022
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▶ "Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. The plants are generally found throughout the northern continents of the world. In English, potentillas are called cinquefoils, five fingers, silverweeds, and barren strawberries.
Typical cinquefoils look most similar to strawberries, but differ in usually having dry, inedible fruit. The flowers are usually yellow, but may be white, pinkish, or red. The accessory fruits are usually dry but may be fleshy and strawberry-like, while the actual seeds —each one technically a single fruit— are tiny nuts."
— Wikipedia.
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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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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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Abounding in the meadow: ragwort!
Decatur, Georgia, USA.
7 May 2022.
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▶ "Packera anonyma, called Appalachian ragwort and Small's ragwort, is a flowering, perennial plant in the Asteraceae (aster) family. Packera anonyma produces abundant yellow flowers during May through early June. It inhabits rock outcrops, roadsides, woods, and disturbed areas. It is native to the lower Northeastern United States and across the Southeastern United States."
— Wikipedia.
▶ "The inflorescence of Packera anonyma is a corymb-like array - the lower/outer stalks are longer than those in the middle, so that all the flowers in the inflorescence are at more or less the same level, giving it a somewhat flat top. There may be several of these arrays on a plant, and the plant may have over 100 individual compound flowers.The blossom of Small's Ragwort is golden yellow, with both the ray and disk flowers being that color. The number of ray flowers varies from 8 to 15. Packera anonyma grows up to around 3 feet tall."
— Wildflowers of the Unted States
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Tiny ground ivy wildflowers, blooming on the shores of Postal Pond, in...
Legacy Park (Winnona Park), Decatur, Georgia, USA.
23 April 2024.
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▶ "Glechoma hederacea — commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, run-away-robin— is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper [small vining plants that grow close to the ground] of the mint family (Lamiaceae).
Native to Eurasia, Glechoma hederacea was carried by European settlers around the world; it has become a well-established naturalized plant in a wide variety of localities. In some parts of North America, it is considered an aggressive invasive weed.
Glechoma hederacea is often found on roadsides, lawns, shady spots, waste places, and thickets. The plant usually grows to one foot or less (⅓ m), branching frequently and forming a low-growing mat of stems and leaves across the ground. When it flowers in early spring and summer, a stem grows upright to produce tiny blue flowers of ~ ⅓-inch (1 cm) or less."
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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▶ This is a closeup. These very small blossoms appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
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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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Mahonia berries in early spring.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
16 April 2022.
▶ As mahonia appears flowering in winter: here.
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▶ "Berberis bealei —also known as leatherleaf mahonia, Beale's barberry, or Oregon grape— is a species of evergreen shrub native to mainland China. It is widely cultivated in many countries as an ornamental plant. In the south-eastern United States, it has escaped cultivation and become established in the wild, where it is considered invasive.
The berries emerge by the beginning of winter and are blue or dark purple colored egg-shaped, up to 1/2-inch long (15 mm), that turn bluish black with a grayish bloom, hanging in grape-like clusters. Berberis bealei is not toxic in small amounts, just acidic. The berries can be eaten raw but the seed to pulp ratio is large so most of these berries are boiled and strained."
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Invasive? Yes. Lovely? Yes. The wisteria have/has returned.
Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
12 April 2022.
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Only one small purple floret remains at the base of the capitulum of this purple coneflower.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
14 June 2021.
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▶ Purple coneflower = Echinacea purpurea, native to eastern and midwestern North America.
▶ Capitulum spike = a Bond villain?
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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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Early-spring butterweed, blooming tall, creekside, in...
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
13 April 2023.
▶ Wider, creekside view: here.
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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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A greenish-yellow spathe surrounds a yellow spadix.
Italian lords-and-ladies wildflowers blooming in...
Decatur (Decatur Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
4 May 2023.
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▶ "Arum italicum —also known as Italian arum and Italian lords-and-ladies— is a tuberous perennial growing 12-18 inches high (30-45 cm). A member of the Araceae family, it is native to Asia, Europe, and North Africa, but has been introduced into parts of the United States where it may be considered invasive. [Compare to Arisaema triphyllum —aka Jack-in-the-pulpit— native to eastern North America.]
☞ The foliage consists of arrowhead-shaped, glossy gray-green leaves, 8-12 inches long (20-30 cm), adorned with pale midribs. The foliage becomes dormant in summer before emerging again in the fall, remaining through winter into spring.
☞ The flowers appear in the spring, each consisting of a large greenish-yellow spathe [leaf sheath enclosing flower clusters] surrounding a yellow spadix [small flowers on a fleshy stem]. The flowers are pollinated by small flies that are attracted to the plant due to the stale urine odor of the flowers. [See an image of the plant's spadix within a spathe: here.]
☞ In summer, the flowers give way to showy spikes of glistening green berries that turn bright orange-red. The plant is reproduced by seeds from the berries. The plant's habitat is forests, urban areas, riparian zones, and wetlands.
☞ All parts of Arum italicum are highly toxic to humans and animals if ingested and can cause skin irritation. The genus name, Arum, is a Greek term meaning 'poisonous.' "
— Wikipedia.
— Gardenia.
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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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Yellow ragwort, light green lichen on rocks, and white blossoms of red diamorpha: native and endemic spring flora on a granite monadnock.
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
27 March 2024.
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▶ "Once part of a quarry, Arabia Mountain is now protected as part of the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve. This otherworldly rock outcrop is a monadnock, a geologic formation that has seen the ground around it erode. Arabia Mountain also contains a variety of rare and endangered plants, such as diamorpha, which grows in the fragile solution pit ecosystems that appear on the rock face."
— Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance.
▶ "Stone cutters especially appreciated Arabia Mountain for the unique quality of its granite (a mix of granite and gneiss referred as 'migmatite'), known for its high density, colorfastness, and attractive appearance. When it formed deep below the surface of the Earth, bands of light and dark minerals twisted to create distinctive swirls that broke the stone’s granular appearance, giving it the fitting name, 'Tidal grey' "
— Virginie Kippelen (in the Atlanta Studies Journal).
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Native narrowleaf evening primrose, blooming near the rocky summit of Arabia Mountain.
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
8 June 2023.
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▶ "Oenothera fruticosa —also known as the narrowleaf evening primrose or narrow-leaved sundrops— is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family (Onagraceae). It is native to much of eastern North America, where it is found in a variety of open habitats, including dry woodlands, rock outcrops, and moist savannas.
Oenothera fruticosa is an erect herbaceous perennial plant growing 8 to 35 inches tall (20–90 cm), with alternative, slightly toothed leaves. The cup-shaped yellow flowers are 1 to 2 inches in diameter (2.5–5 cm), appearing in spring to early summer."
— Wikipedia.
▶ Compare to a pink evening primrose: here.
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Bienvenida primavera !
Benvinguda primavera !
Bem-vinda primavera !
Benvenuta primavera !
Bienvenue printemps !
Welkom lente !
Trailhead Community Park of the East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 March 2022.
▶ Another view: here.
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▶ Photographer's note.
Patience was required on a windy (and bright) morning. I took several shots, over 45 minutes, to get one well-exposed and in-focus image of one blossom!
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Early-spring butterweed, blooming on the banks of Cecilia Creek, in...
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
13 April 2023.
▶ Closeup of blossoms: here.
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▶ "Packera glabella (formerly Senecio glabellus) is one of several plants with the common name butterweed in the Asteraceae (aster) family — 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 with 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. The stems are hollow."
— Wildflowers of the United States.
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Deep in the forest, the berries of a leatherleaf mahonia shrub are limned in light and shadow.
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
27 April 2025.
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Don't call it a weed! It's a red clover.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
28 April 2024.
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▶ "Trifolium pratense — commonly known as red clover, cow grass, or peavine 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, including North and South America.
☞ Trifolium pratense grows 8 to 31 inches tall (20–80 cm). The flowers are dark pink, 0.5 to 0.6 inches long (12–15 mm), produced in a dense inflorescence [cluster of flowers arranged on a stem], with a honey-like fragrance.
☞ Cultivated, trifolium pratense is grown as a forage crop for pasturage, hay and green manure for livestock. A nitrogen-fixing plant, it is often grown as a cover crop to improve soil fertility. In the wild, its native habitat includes fields, pastures, meadows, waste areas, and along roadsides."
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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In early spring, small, non-native star of Bethlehem wildflowers pop up alongside the...
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2024.
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▶ Ornithogalum umbellatum —aka garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o'clock lady— is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). A native of most of Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, Ornithogalum umbellatum has become naturalized widely in North America.
A relatively short plant about 10–30 cm (4–12 in) in height, the inflorescence bears 6–20 flat star-shaped flowers, in mid to late spring, on ascending stems (pedicels), consisting of six tepals [combination petal/sepal] , white with a green stripe on the underside, 1⁄2 inches long (15 mm) and 1⁄4 inches wide (5 mm).
The flowers open late in the day (hence some of its common names). Folklore has suggested the flowers originally grew from fragments of the [Biblical] star of Bethlehem, hence another of its horticultural names."
— Wikipedia.
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Incipient Georgia spring! An eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) blooms pink against a background of marcescent winter foliage.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
17 March 2025.
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▶ Rejections:
☞ On 31 March 2025, the administrator for the Flickr group "Pink Flowers" rejected this photo for NOT displaying pink flowers. What nonsense! Per the North Carolina Cooperative Extension: "In early spring, [the redbud tree's] clusters of rose pink to light purple flowers mature and attract many pollinators.."
☞ On 22 March 2025, a moderator for the Flickr group "GEORGIA, THE PEACH STATE" rejected this photo for NOT displaying "scenic beauty of the State of Georgia, USA." It's difficult to fathom any reasonable rationale for the rejection ("reasonable" being the key word).
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Star-of-Bethlehem wildflowers (Ornithogalum umbellatum), blooming in dappled light.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
13 April 2025.
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▶ Photographer's note:
This is a close-up. The blossoms appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
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— Meike MK 25mm f/1.8
— Focal length: 25.0 mm
— Aperture: ƒ/5.6
— Shutter speed: 1/6400
— ISO: 400
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Pastel delights
Singing aubade
In vernal chorus, assembled.
"Honesty" wildflowers, blooming in mid-spring morning light.
Decatur (Midway Woods), Georgia, USA.
20 April 2024.
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▶ Lunaria annua —commonly known as annual honesty, dollar plant, honesty, lunaria, money plant, moneywort, moonwort, silver dollar— is a species of flowering plant in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to southern Europe but is cultivated throughout the temperate world.
The plant grows up to 3 feet tall (90 cm). In spring and summer, it bears terminal racemes [short stalk] of white or violet flowers.
The fruits, called siliques, appear in midsummer. They are paper-thin, flat, and silver dollar-sized, and become white-translucent with age, resembling a full moon or coin, hence some of the common names of the plant. Another common name, 'honesty,' relates to the translucence of the plant's silique membranes, which 'truthfully' reveal their contents. "
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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Virginia creeper...in Georgia!
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 May 2025.
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▶ "Parthenocissus quinquefolia — commonly known as Virginia creeper or woodbine— is a perennial, woody, deciduous vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada south into Mexico.
☞ This vigorous tendril-climbing vine grows rapidly to 30 to 50 feet long (9 to 15 m). It needs no support because it clings to surfaces by adhesive holdfasts (also called sucker disks) located at the tendril ends. It will also creep along the ground as suggested by the common name.
☞ The green leaves are composed of five palmate leaflets with toothed margins, joined from a central point on the leafstalk, and range from 1 to 8 inches (3 to 20 cm) across. The leaves turn a decorative bright red in the fall. The leaves and small hard purplish-black berries —which appear in late summer— are poisonous to mammals (but not to birds, for which they provide a winter food source).
☞ The genus name 'Parthenocissus' is derived from the Greek word 'parthenos', which means 'virgin', and 'kissos' which means ivy (although the plant is unrelated to true ivy, Hedera). The species name 'quinquefolia' means five leaves."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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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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A limelight hydrangea blossoms in a garden, in...
Decatur (Sycamore Ridge), Georgia, USA.
29 May 2022.
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▶ "Hydrangea paniculata — the panicled hydrangea or limelight hydrangea— is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to China, Korea, Japan, and Russia.
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad, growing in sparse forests or thickets in valleys or on mountain slopes. In late summer it bears large conical panicles of creamy white fertile flowers, together with pinkish white sterile florets. Florets may open pale green, grading to white with age, thus creating a pleasing 'two-tone' effect."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's note
Morning sun created the flash-without-a-flash effect (with a small assist from post-production).
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