Dan Vining
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Jul 16 2016
Fuller’s Teasel or Common Teasel
Fuller’s Teasel or Common Teasel [Dipsacus fullonum] photos were taken at Fletcher Park on 11 July 2013 and on 16 July 2016. It’s the member of the Teasel (Dipsacaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 160-161, states it blooms in summer and fall and can be found in fields and on roadsides. The guide also lists …
Jul 10 2016
Great Laurel or Rosebay Rhododendron
Great Laurel or Rosebay [Rhododendron maximum] on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in South Asheville, North Carolina on 10 July 2016. It’s a member of the Heath (Ericaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 292-293, says it blooms in early summer in damp woods and swamps. USDA Plants Listing: Rhododendron maximum
Jul 02 2016
Tall Blazing Star or Rough Blazing Star
Tall Blazing Star or Rough Blazing Star [Liatris aspera] found off Brevard Road, Asheville, North Carolina on 2 July 2016. It’s a member of the Aster/Composite (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 412-413, states it blooms in summer and fall in dry open places. USDA Plants Listing: Liatris aspera
Jun 18 2016
Milkweed Borer
Milkweed Borer [Tetraopes femoratus] found near Fletcher Park, off Mills Gap on 18 June 2016. It’s a Longhorn Beetle, in the family Cerambycidae. There was a milkweed plant nearby, but the plant it’s on is unidentified, as the leaves are not the right shape to be milkweed. The NWF Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of …
Jun 18 2016
Butterfly Milkweed or Butterfly Weed
Butterfly Milkweed or Butterfly Weed [Asclepias tuberosa] found near Fletcher Park on 28 August 2013 and 18 June 2016. It’s a member of the Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 188-189, states it blooms in summer in dry fields and on banks, and it also lists another common name as Pleurisy Root. USDA Plants …
Jun 18 2016
Chicory
Chicory [Cichorium intybus] found near the Silver Leaf Diner, off US Route 11 in DeKalb Junction, New York on 21 June 2013 and near Fletcher Park on 18 June 2016. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 382-383, says that it blooms in summer and fall, and found on roadsides, …
May 28 2016
Shameplant
Shameplant [Mimosa pudica] seen on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Travelers Rest, South Carolina on 28 May 2016. It’s a member of the Pea family (Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae) and is not native. The website plants.usda.gov shows it as being introduced in the states of Virginia & Florida. The leaves are sensitive to touch and will fold …
May 28 2016
Striped Prince’s Pine or Spotted Wintergreen
Striped Prince’s Pine or Spotted Wintergreen [Chimaphila maculata] found near mile marker 437 on the Blue Ridge Parkway on 25 July 2013 and in Travelers Rest, SC on 28 May 2016. It’s a member of the Shinleaf (Pyrolaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 284-285, says it blooms in summer in dry woods. Timothy P. Spira’s …
May 21 2016
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Honeysuckle [Lonicera japonica] found at Fletcher Park on 21 April 2016. It’s a member of the Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae) family and Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 108-109 states that it’s a vine that blooms in late spring to fall on road-sides and in thickets and it is “an introduced weed, smothering out other plants by its …
May 20 2016
House Centipede
This photo of a House Centipede [Scutigera coleoptrata] taken in Asheville, North Carolina on 20 May 2016. It doesn’t have 100 legs, but 30 (15-pair). According to multiple sources, it originates from the Mediterranean region, but is now found worldwide, and it feeds on other insects. However beneficial it may be, it is still considered to …
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