Best of Twin Bridges

Sadly for the past couple of years we have been unable to visit one of our favorite early spring places, Twin Bridges. You can see why from Carol’s photographs! So, let’s pretend that we will be there and keep our fingers crossed for next year 🤞

Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, David Heavner,  Penny Longhurst, Carol McCall, Jim Poling, Joe Standaert, & Ken Wilcox. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Springtime at Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Glassy Mountain is a Piedmont monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins check the post here.  More info on Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve and the plants at Glassy:  Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve by Patrick D. McMillan

We won’t be visiting Glassy for our usual spring field trip this year, so here is a peek back at what we saw in the past. Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert.  Click on any picture to zoom.

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Flowers of Plants with Botanical Names Beginning with “Vic” to “Z”

Most of us need reminders so we don’t forget all we learned on our field trips each year. In the 3 years since we first posted “Botanical Names” we’ve accumulated over 5,000 new photographs and identified a bunch of new species. This week we have pictures of the flowers of plants with botanical names beginning with “Vic” to “Z”. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you remember seeing.

Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, Daudie Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Hugh & Janice Irwin, Betty Jones, Eric King, Sarah King, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Joe Standaert, & Aleta Tisdale. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Flowers of Plants with Botanical Names Beginning with “U” to “Vib”

Most of us need reminders so we don’t forget all we learned on our field trips each year. In the 3 years since we first posted “Botanical Names” we’ve accumulated over 5,000 new photographs and identified a bunch of new species. This week we have pictures of the flowers of plants with botanical names beginning with “U” to “Vib”. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you remember seeing.

Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, Daudie Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Hugh & Janice Irwin, Betty Jones, Eric King, Sarah King, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Joe Standaert, & Aleta Tisdale. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Flowers of Plants with Botanical Names Beginning with “Trif” to “Ty”

Most of us need reminders so we don’t forget all we learned on our field trips each year. In the 3 years since we first posted “Botanical Names” we’ve accumulated over 5,000 new photographs and identified a bunch of new species. This week we have pictures of the flowers of plants with botanical names beginning with “Trif”  to “Ty”. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you remember seeing.

Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Charlie Brice, Cindy Carpenter, Angela Carter, Daudie Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Hugh & Janice Irwin, Betty Jones, Eric King, Sarah King, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling,  & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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