Today’s post will be about what we saw after we moved on from yesterday’s post of the first Datura.
A scraggily Yellow Puff (Neptunia lutea)!
A Yellow Puff that will soon be in full bloom.
A Yellow Puff that still has a way to go.
Here the Yellow Puff leaves had folded up in response to us touching it. This touching response is called thigmonasty. This happens when a leaflet has change in the water pressure called turgor pressure. It loses its pressure and collapses. Sensitive Briar (Mimosa quadrivalvis var. platycarpa) also does this. A quick way to know if it is Yellow Puff or Sensitive Briar, Yellow Puff is not prickly.
Many of the False Gaura (Oenothera glaucifolia, syn.Stenosiphon linifolius) had crab spiders present. In addition, the little bees came in as well.
Sometimes we find stuff. The Forest Service allows people to leave stuff temporarily.
A fresh hole amongst the Woodsia ferns!
At first glance, it looked like a bone. It was so white!
Flat-flower Gerardia (Agalinis homalantha), first of season for me!
Another even larger plant of Datura was located at the back of the unit. The plant must have been six or seven feet high! These are the spent anthers.
The phyllaries of the Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) are so beautiful!
A bee fly visits the disk flowers of the Common Sunflower!
On a young Blackjack, a red polka-dotted gall!
An interesting cluster of galls on the same young Blackjack. They looked like little hot buns fresh from the oven.
It was a beautiful day for exploring!
Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
6 Comments
Who you reckon lives in the fresh dug hole? Hot buns! You make me laugh Mary😄. Thanks
Who you reckon lives in the fresh dug hole? Hot buns! You make me laugh Mary😄. Thanks
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Such pretty blackjack oak galls!
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Mmm I’m sure something would like to eat the tasty morsel in the buns!
Yep yum! 😃