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Project Noah Nature School
I'm a photographer with a special interest in macro--especially bugs. I write about my findings at ::crickets::, a nature appreciation blog.
Bartlett, Tennessee
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Hey, thanks! I was definitely confused by most of them having four petals (other than, of course, the one I picked to photograph). Almost all the others I photographed that day have four.
I like that my wildflower book says they're sometimes called false loosestrife...so at least I was aiming at a decent target. :)
Thanks chesterbperry! I'll eliminate that one from consideration! I think I remember our park naturalist saying we have American elms, so that may be it. We shall see...
I haven't used that book, drP, but thanks for the rec! I will definitely look for that.
Spring always seems to take forever to arrive, but then it just explodes and you don't know where to look because there's so much to see. So I kind of like this calm period at the beginning where things stand out more.
That's pretty funny--I was just going through this doc (http://www.florabymax.net/FLORAbyMAX/Win...) and got to elm right as you posted that. I'm guessing winged elm based on the color of the flowers, but I'll keep an eye on it! (I'm working on a tree-bud post for our park blog--can you tell?)
I've smelled the leaves before, but I hadn't made the connection that these were the same plants. They are really beautiful right now--very subtle but lovely.
That's a really helpful resource, thanks! We have some maples with paler red (pinkish) flowers that I thought might be silver maple. This one is so striking that I just assumed red maple immediately. I will bookmark that website!
Thanks! I'm pretty sure it's native just due to its placement in the old-growth forest. The only real invasive we deal with in the forest is privet. I'm going to see if I can't get some photos of the bark and add to the spotting (I have to start remembering to zoom out!).
Sweet, that looks right to me! Thanks!
For such a tiny little playground-centric park, this one has a wide variety of cool wildlife. I've been impressed. :)
Thanks for the ID help Ava T-B!
Thanks Lois and Matthew! I tend to learn toward broad-banded too now that I've looked over both. The banding pattern on the northern species looks like it goes pretty consistently from wide to narrow in each band, while this is a more random pattern.
