One of the great things about being back in Texarkana is Bringle lake. Love my walks out there, with a little loop through TAMUT. Though my walks are for exercise, I love that I learn about new wildflowers nearly every time I go. That's a different kind of wellness!
Gotta love native plants! They are great for pollinators, wildlife, air quality, and soil.
Would love any suggestions or corrections on ID's.
April 30:
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| Pretty pattern |
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| Common Slider - these guys need help off the road quite often around Bringle |
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| Southern Dewberry - a bramble |
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| Southern Dewberry -- grows yummy berries |
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| Southern Dewberry -- in the Rose family |
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| Spiderwort - possibly Western |
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| Spiderwort - or is it Ohio? |
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| A surprise find! Redpurple Beebalm |
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| Redpurple Beebalm - beautiful bloom |
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| Redpurple Beebalm - small grove on the east side of Bringle |
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| Redpurple Beebalm |
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| Redpurple Beebalm |
May 1:
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| I love the new look that the Hairy Vetch has this week! |
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| Texas Vevain |
also known as Texas Verbena
May 8:
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| Lady Bird's Centaury |
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| 3 Canada Goose couples and their goslings at TAMUT |
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| Indian Blanket |
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| Three-Toed Box Turtle -- I helped him out of the road on University |
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| But something told me he'd didn't want me to |
May 20:
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| Carolina Horsenettle -- Nightshade |
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| Carolina Horsenettle -- Nightshade |
not a true nettle, but a member of the nightshade family instead.
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| Carolina Ruellia |
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| Carolina Ruellia |
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| Carolina Ruellia |
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| Carolina Ruellia |
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| Rabid Wolf Spider |
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| Rabid Wolf Spider |
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| Plains Coreopsis |
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| Plains Coreopsis |
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| Arrowhead Clover |
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| Arrowhead Clover |
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| white Pinklady Primrose |
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| Lady Bird's Centaury |
May 21:
Neat little ant mounds starting. Not sure what kind of ants.
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| possibly a Cricket Frog -- unfortunely, dead |
May 28:
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| herbwilliam |
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| Plains Coreopsis with a little Herbwilliam in the corner |
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| Plains Coreopsis |
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| Plains Coreopsis |
May 30: Nearly skipped my Bringle walk this morning. So glad I didn't. I got to see Purple Passion Flower, Water Dragon, Black-eyed Susan, and St. Andrew's Cross (a new one for me.
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| I kinda like the Passionflower leaves |
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| so glad to have caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of my eye |
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| Purple Passionflower |
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| also called Maypop |
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it grows on a vine
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| Herbwilliam -- not as tall as Queen Ann's lace and doesn't have the little red flower in center |
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| Water Dragon |
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| also known as Lizard Tail -- fuzzy pic taken from a bridge |
Tho invasive, gotta love the beauty of Kudzu: "the vine that ate the south"
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| a bouquet of Sneezeweed greeted me in front of Golf Ranch |
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| also known at Bitterweed |
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in the sunflower family
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| hard to see, but this is a new one for me -- St Andrew's Cross |
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| looks like a little shrub |
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| fun watching the goslings grow up |
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| Lemon Beebalm and Black-eyed Susan |
May 31:
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| a better look at the St. Andrew's Cross today |
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| what a difference a day makes with the Purple Passionflower |
