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aka Puttyroot, in the snow last Sunday. One of two orchids with leaves that persist through the winter here in Delaware. (Tipularia discolor is...
Rose coreopsis, or pink tickseed, from Sussex County, Delaware, USA. The plant is globally rare.
Photographed in the Blackbird State Forest in southwest New Castle County, Delaware, USA. I didn't mind standing in waist-deep water to get these.
Yellow passion-flower is the only native Passiflora in Delaware.
There's just one population of shrubby St. John's-wort in Delaware, but there must be thousands of plants there. (I'll have to go back and get a...
Virginia spiderwort, on the Red Clay Creek in north Delaware.
Near Red Clay Creek in north Delaware. The common name is "green dragon." The spadix was about 8 inches long, the whole plant about 3 feet tall....
I've been meaning to post this for a month and just got around to it. This is one of my favorite plants. It's very rare here in Delaware, and...
Trout lily (or "dogtooth violet") is another showy early flower here, just coming into bloom now. I took this photo yesterday in Brandywine Creek...
Bloodroot. Here, it's the first showy native flower to bloom.
Skunk cabbage. They're about a foot/30cm tall now; they get bigger and more cabbage-like later. They really stand out at this time of year.
Seen in the woods yesterday. Tipularia discolor (cranefly orchid) is the most common native orchid here, I think. Easily recognizeable in winter...
I took these pictures of American mistletoe in November 2003 at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge here in Delaware (mid-Atlantic U.S.) The...