Another One Bites the Dust
Aug. 20th, 2005 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianOr two, actually.
Yes, that's right, we've identified two more plants that have chosen to make their home amongst us.
First up, the cool looking blue wildflower aka weed that grows along all the roadside of most of the fields along Fairyland decided to make a streetside showing near Brandon Canyon, and, after a few minutes of serious looking through the Wildflower Guide my mom gave me led to a positive ID (somewhat ironically, on the second pass, while reading descriptions and *not* looking at the pictures.
Flowers in the morning, bright blue, fades by midday, sparse flowers, some dandelion like leaves; yes it's chicory (Google images).
Next up, one that Rachel discovered in one location a handful of days ago, and a handy search using this tool led to another definitive identification: heal-all (Google images).
So, those were the latest round of mystery plants, joining the ranks of Sweet Birch, American Chestnut, Witch Hazel, Bracken Fern, Greenbrier, and Maple-Leaf Viburnum. Adding to the diversity are things I can identify without any problem (at least to the species, if not a particular flavor within) such as the white oak, pin oak, red oak, red maple, tulip tree, black gum (tupelo), white pine, pitch pine, two kinds of blueberries, cherry, mulberry, dogwood, azalea, mountain laurel, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, Canadian hemlock, Queen Anne lace, and probably a gazillion other things I can't think of.
Yes, that's right, we've identified two more plants that have chosen to make their home amongst us.
First up, the cool looking blue wildflower aka weed that grows along all the roadside of most of the fields along Fairyland decided to make a streetside showing near Brandon Canyon, and, after a few minutes of serious looking through the Wildflower Guide my mom gave me led to a positive ID (somewhat ironically, on the second pass, while reading descriptions and *not* looking at the pictures.
Flowers in the morning, bright blue, fades by midday, sparse flowers, some dandelion like leaves; yes it's chicory (Google images).
Next up, one that Rachel discovered in one location a handful of days ago, and a handy search using this tool led to another definitive identification: heal-all (Google images).
So, those were the latest round of mystery plants, joining the ranks of Sweet Birch, American Chestnut, Witch Hazel, Bracken Fern, Greenbrier, and Maple-Leaf Viburnum. Adding to the diversity are things I can identify without any problem (at least to the species, if not a particular flavor within) such as the white oak, pin oak, red oak, red maple, tulip tree, black gum (tupelo), white pine, pitch pine, two kinds of blueberries, cherry, mulberry, dogwood, azalea, mountain laurel, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, Canadian hemlock, Queen Anne lace, and probably a gazillion other things I can't think of.
