We have lots of these, but not many with limbs like this so close to the ground. This one is in a cemetary with no close competitors, so it spread out more than up.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, 27 April 2011, in the Revolutionary War Cemetery in Louisville, Georgia.
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Brown Dog didn’t get bit, but Yellow Dog did. Continue reading
The yellow dog is right: I burned those trees! Before picture of one of them: Continue reading
Nope, not honeysuckle: that’s a vine; these azaleas grow on a bush.
These ones had not quite opened yet: Continue reading
Pinus palustris of various sizes.
We planted these trees four years ago.
This one is bolting up from grass stage.
Bottle brush stage (plus starting some branches): Continue reading
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.
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Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.
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Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.
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Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.
More dogwoods of previous years.
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It’s harmless, except to small rodents that live in corn fields. Elaphe guttata is a constrictor. This one was 3 or 4 feet long. They’re native to the U.S. southeast from New Jersey to Texas. I did not know until that day that corn snakes can climb trees.
Here he is stretched out: Continue reading