Florida Anise
Had a god day hiking for about 4 hours with my nieces and nephew and family. Was hiking a lot of old indigenous oyster mounds of south alabama. By the end i was given so many leaves to put in the pages of my book.
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Further on macro pictures:
The view is 7.5 mm tall, and contains mostly full-adult size shells. Most are tornids, eulimids, or triphoroids.
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Gorgeous photos. Thank you for sharing them.
I am grateful for the blessing of the beauty and harmony we are allowed to experience in nature. I, too, am hoping for sanity again in the U.S., Mark. We’ll see how and/or when God decides to answer those prayers of mine.
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Makes me think of “The Wrath of Khan!” Uggggghhhhh!
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Super cool flowers!
I’ve tried playing around with lenses like binoculars and magnifying glasses, with my Ipad and android phone camera. Not professional, but effective.
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Thanks for the tip. I’ll see what I can do. But not for a few weeks. I just found out a nearby Hort society will be visiting in exactly three weeks. I will definitely be busy until then. It won’t be pretty but I’ll do what I can.
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Eew. ← Major understatement.
Oh yeah! That’s the one!
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A gardening friend of mine in Toronto who blogs posted this video as well. I’d never heard of this magnolia before but it immediately goes up to #1 of that tribe in my estimation. Liriodendron tulifera. What a stunner! Some nice bee action here too. Taken in June of 2017 in her area.
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I recognize the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipfera, aka yellow poplar)! We had lots of them around where I grew up (not that I ever did ; - ) and a couple on our lot. They can grow quite tall, and they didn’t blossom for years but then suddenly they did – a gender issue, if I recall. The blossoms are subtle and blend in with the foliage and don’t knock your eye out, but they are quite beautiful, and about the same size as a tulip.
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Would love to see one in person some day.
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That’s scary. I don’t like driving on ice and snow. Nice view.
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It was by snowmobile on a groomed trail, so fun safe and easy. We were fortunate to have nice weather. Still, walking around at 12000 feet takes it out of this old guy pretty fast.
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that is beautiful, thanks!
I found this interesting discussion of a famous, very old New York tulip tree.
Stumbled Upon in the Archives: The Great Tulip Tree — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
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a height of 165 feet
Wow, I didn’t know that tall!
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Pretty sure you didn’t hang out up there too long. I’d be reluctant too push it too. We definitely aren’t kids anymore and I try not push many limits. Just good, careful maintenance is good enough. If I can walk my dogs and work in the garden, life is plenty good.
The wetland plant often found along streams in the shallower water and bogs. It’s the “ Golden Club “ in the arum family.
The shade loving Red Buckeye. It’s a woody shrub that typically seems to be around 3-7 feet tall. Hummingbirds especially love them.
The Carolina Yellow Jasmine. A pretty trumpet style yellow flower that is mostly found either in part time sunlight or dappled
Sunlight to almost full sun. Over several years they can really spread out and take over a structure.
The Ribbon Snake , distinct from the eastern garter snake by the marking in front of their eyes.
A species of very “blueberry/huckleberry. The few berries remaining were very sweet. Most likely the majority of this shrubs foliage and fruit was stripped off of it by a black bear*. There are several in the area. I’ve seen several tracks in the area and it’s know that about 6 live on the island I was hiking.
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What is a blackness?
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