Above are a few more early spring mementos from my hikes around Coopers Rock State Forest this past weekend. I mostly followed the core loop trails: Clay Run, Advanced and Intermediate Ski, Headwaters, and Rhododendron. The wildflowers and early herbaceous foliage are as follows (top to bottom): trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens); downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens); long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata); early yellow violet (Viola rotundifolia); halberd-leaved yellow violet (Viola hastata); and three-leaved rattlesnake-root (Nabalus trifoliolatus), a.k.a., gall-of-the-earth.
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Newly-emerging spring twins peek from the leaf litter along Clay Run. Early yellow violet (Viola rotundifolia), also known as round-leaved violet, is one of Appalachia’s earliest blooming spring perennials. It’s also this area’s only stemless yellow violet - the plant’s flowering stalk and leaves grow directly from an elongated rhizome. This delicate beauty has oval, shallowly-toothed leaves with fine hairs. The three lower petals of its lemony-yellow flower have finely-etched, purple veins. These gregarious violets grow best in damp, rich woods, often on upland slopes, and adapt well to native wildflower gardens, where they provide an early pop of color in March and April.
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Abstract - As Above so Below by iezalel williams - Pics Art by iezalel7williams This beautiful tropical flower also called Jatropha podagrica or red coral plant in this abstract “As Above, So Below” was made and edited with PicsArt. Enjoy with Love and Light! https://flic.kr/p/2hTw73B
0É preciso o caos para nascer a obra
Pois a cinza fertiliza o solo
E dele a flora logra
E canta no seu colo.-Iva Leão
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An Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) blooming in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona.
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