Dan Vining
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Sep 07 2014
Hog Peanut or American Hogpeanut
Hog Peanut or American Hogpeanut [Amphicarpaea bracteata] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway in South Asheville, just off the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 7 September 2014. It’s a vine and a member of the Pea (Fabaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 110-111 states that it blooms in summer and early fall in moist thickets. USDA Plants …
Sep 01 2014
Spiny Sow-Thistle
Spiny Sow-Thistle [Sonchus asper] found near Fletcher Park on 1 September 2014. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Wildflowers of the Carolinas, pages 354-355, states it blooms in spring, summer, and fall in dry soils and disturbed areas and that “cows avoid the annual because it is so spiny, allowing it to overrun …
Sep 01 2014
Red Morning Glory or Redstar
Red Morning Glory or Redstar [Ipomoea coccinea] found in a pasture near Fletcher Park on 1 September 2014. It’s a member of the Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) family. Weeds of the South, pages 166, states that it is a “climbing or twining annual, vining herb” found in cultivated areas, fields, pastures, fencerows, roadsides, disturbed and waste …
Sep 01 2014
More About Velvetleaf
Velvetleaf [Abutilon theophrasti] photo was taken in a cornfield behind Fletcher Park on 1 September 2014. All About Weeds, by Edwin Rollin Spencer says this about the plant, on page 158: Velvet-leaf, velvet-weed, Indian mallow, butter print, pie plant, Cotton-weed, and Indian hemp are all rather descriptive names of this common weed found in cornfields …
Aug 21 2014
American Goldfinch in Thistles
This male American Goldfinch [Carduelis Tristis] was seen on Mills Gap Road in Arden, NC, on 21 August 2014. I was on my way home from work and looked to my right to see this bird in the thistles. It’s a disturbed field which was previously the site of a Budweiser distribution center. Wikipedia: Carduelis …
Aug 07 2014
Partridge Pea
Partridge Pea [Chamaecrista fasciculata] found near Fletcher Park on 7 August 2014. It’s a member of the Pea (Fabaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 236-237, states it blooms in summer and fall in sandy fields. Newcomb’s lists it under the synonym of Cassia fasciculata. USDA Plants Listing: Chamaecrista fasciculata
Jul 20 2014
Groundnut or Wild Bean
Groundnut or Wild Bean [Apios americana] found near Fletcher Park on 20 July 2014. It’s a member of the Pea (Fabaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 108-109, states it blooms in summer in moist thickets. USDA Plants Listing: Apios americana
Jul 04 2014
Jimsonweed
Jimsonweed [Datura stramonium] found on Bearwallow Mountain on 4 July 2014. It’s a member of the Nightshade (Solanaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 214-215, states that it’s “ill-smelling and poisonous.” It blooms in summer and fall. USDA Plants Listing: Datura stramonium
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