And we finished the week with a favorite treat! Yes, Blizzards are a sweet favorite, but the Caddo NG is always a natural treat!
In many of the fields at Caddo the Starwort (Mononeuria muscorum syn Minuartia muscorum) can be seen. So they are small but there can be hundreds in some areas.
The male part of a moss. I forget which one. LOL. Update: Jeanne says it is Polytrichum commune. Thanks!
Then we saw a Celestial (Nemastylis geminiflora). Furthermore this was the only one.
A small thalloid liverwort with moss that Jeanne collected. So it will be ID’d later.
I hope this Three-toed Box Turtle died of old age.
One plant of Purple Woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea) was found.
Like other Oxalis they have a distinctive heart shape leaf. In the fall when it re-bloom, they won’t have any leaves.
On this trip I hoped the bumblebees would be out. However we didn’t see any. But we did see plenty of the Eastern Carpenter Bees like this female here on the Southern dewberry (Rubus trivialis).
Indeed I still have more photos to name. So I will share more tomorrow from Caddo NG.
Sorry I won’t be making it to the sale. Too worn and too much to do at home. Should be beautiful day for the Trinity Forks NPSOT sale in Flower Mound. (PS to other readers click on spring sales to find details)
Ah. A blizzard. Wonder why I’m not surprised. Looks like it was a great trip.
And it wasn’t hard for Jeanne and Jim to agree to a stop at DQ😂
We are still too dry for the liverwort to show up 🙁 Love those blizzards! I’m here for the sale! Made it into town.
Sorry I won’t be making it to the sale. Too worn and too much to do at home. Should be beautiful day for the Trinity Forks NPSOT sale in Flower Mound. (PS to other readers click on spring sales to find details)
Polytrichum commune in that moss. We certainly had fun finding all those wonderful flowers!
And fun for the mosses too!