2009-04-28_HoustonCounty
Conditions: Sunny, 65 degrees, light breeze. I accessed the creek at a bridge on a gravel road that shoots east off the highway. My intensions were to scout the creek downstream to the confluence with the river. This hike is about three quarters of a mile. I know the upper section of this creek intimately. [...]
Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Bluebells, mertensia virinica Forget-me-not Family (Boraginaceae) Description: Erect plant with smooth gray-green foliage and nodding clusers of pink buds that open into light blue trumprt shaped flowers. Flowers: about 1″(2.5cm) long; corolla 5-lobed. Leaves: basal leaves 2-8″ (20-60cm) long; stem leaves smaller, alternate, oval unthoothed. Height: 8-24″(20-60cm). Flowering: March – June Habitat: Moist woods; [...]