Category Archives: Reptiles

Yellow jessamine

These flowers opened on the last day of February 2011. Gelsemium sempervirens is
a high-climbing, woody vine that is known by several names, including Carolina jessamine, poor man’s rope, or yellow jasmin.
It smells good. It’s native to the U.S. southeast.

Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 February 2011.

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Longleaf video by Nature Conservancy

With appearances by Moody Forest and people from there and from the Longleaf Alliance, not to mention gopher tortoises and indigo snakes:

Fire forest, yes! But they forgot to mention Smilax: catbriar, greenbriar, those vines that like to catch you in the woods.

Thanks to Gary Stock for the tip.

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