Tag Archives: Gretchen Quarterman

Seepage slope and bog plants 2025-06-15

Twenty one species in a thousand feet down the Not-a-Driveway from piney woods through seepage slope to beaver pond.

Plus Canis familiaris and garden variety human. While we did not see any beaver, Castor canadensis, there was quite a bit of evidence of them.

Species identifications are by Seek by iNaturalist, which is usually pretty reliable. I do doubt a few of them.

For example, what seek identifies as Pineland hibiscus, Hibiscus aculeatus, sure looks to me like halberd-leaf rosemallow, Hibiscus laevis.

Far more species than these live in our subtropical paradise. These are just the plants (and fungi) I happened to focus on today.

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[Ten-angled pipewort or bog button, Eriocaulon decangulare, 2025:06:15 09:52:26]
Ten-angled pipewort or bog button, Eriocaulon decangulare, 2025:06:15 09:52:26

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Maypops 2025-05-30

Scattered across an acre like this, growing on blackberry bushes, maypop is one of the most recognizable flowers.

[Maypops]
Maypops

Aka Passionflower, Passiflora incarnata is the host plant of the Gulf fritillary butterfly, Dione vanillae. The adult butterflies plant eggs on maypops, and the caterpillars eat the leaves. http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9756

[Climbing on blackberry bushes]
Climbing on blackberry bushes

-jsq

Gulf fritillary in the garden 2025-05-25

Update 2025-06-02: Maypops 2025-05-30.

This Gulf fritillary was frittering away in the garden.

[Gulf fritillary]
Gulf fritillary

A Dione vanillae, at about 3 inches wingspan, looks small beside the cucumber plants. Continue reading →