A second visit to a botanical wonderland this weekend ("The Pocket" on Pigeon Mountain, GA) -- along the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail found numerous treasures in flower. The Pocket is a rich cove forest (so pH levels are nearly neutral), supporting a rich array of wildflowers.
Virginia bluebells (
Mertensia virginica) are abundant and were in flower (actively visited by bumblebees on the day we were there).
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| Mertensia virginica |
Spring beauty (
Claytonia virginica) was still in flower (it was in flower 3 weeks ago on our first visit).
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| Claytonia virginica |
Yellow trout lily (
Erythronium americanum) was in flower (younger plants and seedlings are abundant at this site). Its large flowers were impressive.
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| Erythronium americanum |
And the fiddleheads of Christmas fern were striking!
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| Christmas fern fiddleheads |
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