West Virginia Native Wildflowers-The Big Year, 2013

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Frozen Brush Creek Falls

Brush Creek Falls is one of my favorite places in all seasons. This morning it was 5 degrees Farenhite and the snow that has been accumulating for the past two weeeks was over 18 inches deep. I knew the falls were probally froze and worth a hike in. I have seen them froze even more than this but it is still pretty awesome. Below are pictures from the front side and behind the falls. Also a small trail side falls was in good form with interesting greens and blue colors.










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In 2013, I started this blog to photograph and record every wildflower that I can in West Virginia for one year. In that one year, I was able to find and photograph 308 wildflowers. These include natives, tree, shrubs and introduced flowers that have been here awhile and are here to stay. I was inspired to do this after reading several books about orchids and birding.

Now, in 2014 and the future, I am adding flowers that I missed in the past hope to create a pretty comprehensive list of WV wildflowers.

Why don't I use proper scientific names ?
It has been suggested that I should use scientific names for the flowers that I identify. I could do that by using Google, but, when I read blogs or forums that use only scientific names I get frustrated, I have to Google it to see if the author is referring to Nodding Ladies Tresses or Shining Ladies Tresses or maybe Slender Ladies Tresses. I cannot remember all of them, so I plan to use the most common name for this region but I am going to try to make every common name a link to the USDA Plants Profile page for that plant. There you will see the scientific name, range maps and other useful info. Thanks for your interest.

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Big Year

  • 300- Zigzag Goldenrod
  • 299- Mild Water Pepper
  • 298- Wingstem
  • 297- Brown Eyed Susan
  • 296- Jerusalem Artichoke
  • 295- Nodding Ladies Tresses
  • 294- Slender Ladies Tresses
  • 293- Crooked-stem Aster
  • 292- Canada Goldenrod
  • 291- Purplestem Aster
  • 290- Wild Lettuce
  • 289- Blue Stemmed Goldenrod
  • 288- Hedge Bindweed (non-native)
  • 287- Silky Bush-Clover (non-native)
  • 286- Devils Beggar-tick
  • 285- Nodding Bur Marigold
  • 284- Swamp Agrimony
  • 283- Bushy Aster
  • 282- Lambsquarter
  • 281- Yellow Crownbeard
  • 280- Calico Aster
  • 279- Reclining St. Andrew's Cross
  • 278- Small Red Morning Glory (non-native)
  • 277- Sow Thistle
  • 276- False Buckwheat
  • 275- Wrinkled Leaf Goldenrod
  • 274- Virginia Bugleweed
  • 274- Beechdrops
  • 273- Blue Skullcap
  • 272- American Water Horehound
  • 271- Arrowhead
  • 270- Lyons Turtlehead
  • 269- White Goldenrod
  • 268- Willowherb
  • 267- Japanese Knot Weed (non-native)
  • 266- Dock (non-native)
  • 265- Lady Thumb (non-native)
  • 264- Spearmint (non-native hybrid)
  • 263- Pokeweed
  • 262- New England Aster
  • 261- Grass Leaved Goldenrod
  • 260- Hog Peanut
  • 259- White Snakeroot
  • 258- Late Boneset
  • 257- Boneset
  • 256- Small Bonny Bellflower
  • 255- Indian Tobacco
  • 254- Great Blue Lobelia
  • 253- Cardinal Lobelia
  • 252- Black Medick (non-native)
  • 251- Common Burdock (non-native)
  • 250- Winged Sumac
  • 249- Tall Goldenrod
  • 248- Sneezeweed
  • 247- Stiff Cow Bane
  • 246- Virgins Bower
  • 245- Yellow Wood Sorrel
  • 244- Arrow Tearthumb
  • 243- Peppermint (non-native)
  • 242- Field Milkwort
  • 241- Groundnut
  • 240- Ironweed
  • 239- Joe-Pye Weed
  • 238- Downy Rattlesnake Orchid
  • 237- Crane-fly Orchid
  • 236- Purple Fringeless Orchid
  • 235- Yellow Fringed Orchid
  • 234- Spotted Water Hemlock
  • 233- Tall Hairy Agrimony
  • 232- White Vervain
  • 231- Spotted St. John's-wort
  • 230- Common St. Johns Wort (non-native)
  • 229- Spotted Touch-Me-Not or Jewelweed
  • 228- Blue Vervain
  • 227- Evening Primrose
  • 226- Fringed Loosestrife
  • 225- Steeplebush
  • 224- Bull Thistle (non-native)
  • 223- Asiatic dayflower (non-native)
  • 222- Bouncing Bet (non-native)
  • 221- Garden Loosestrife (non-native)
  • 220- American Water Willow
  • 219- white wood aster
  • 218- Allegheny Monkey Flower
  • 217- Oxeye Sunflower
  • 216- Rose Pink
  • 215- Button Bush
  • 214- Harebell (non-native)
  • 213- Jimsonweed (non-native)
  • 212- Ginseng
  • 211- Common Mullen (non-native)
  • 210 Purple Loosetrife (non-native)
  • 209- Common Teasel (non-native)
  • 208- Birds Foot Trefoil
  • 207- Motherwort (non-native)
  • 206- Queen Anne's Lace (non-native)
  • 205- Trumpet Creeper
  • 204- Great Tickseed
  • 203- Small Woodland Sunflower
  • 202- Stinging Nettles

Big Year

  • 100- False Solomon's Seal
  • 99- Dutchman's Pipe Vine
  • 98- Yellow Star Grass
  • 97- Meehan's Mint
  • 96- Puttyroot
  • 95- Catawba or Rosebay Rhododendron
  • 94- Black Haw
  • 93- Cudweed
  • 92- Autumn Olive (non-native)
  • 91- Japanese Honeysuckle (non-native)
  • 90- Tulip Popular
  • 89- Sassafras
  • 88- Hawthorn
  • 87- English Plantain
  • 86- Perfoliate Bellwort
  • 85- Yellow Mandarin
  • 84- Wild Sarsaparilla
  • 83- Mayapple
  • 82- Cucumber Magnolia
  • 81- Mountain or Fraser Magnolia
  • 80- Pinxter Azalea
  • 79- Fleabane
  • 78- Woodland Stonecrop
  • 77- Striped Maple
  • 76- Virginia Pennywort
  • 75- Pink Lady Slipper
  • 74- Dwarf Crested Iris
  • 73- Wood Betony
  • 72- Kidneyleaf Buttercup
  • 71- Dogwood
  • 70- Common Buttercup
  • 69- Mountain Thimbleweed
  • 68- Common Wintercress
  • 67- Mountain Bellwort
  • 66- Goldenseal
  • 65- Crinkleroot
  • 64- Virginia Spring Beauty
  • 63- Red Elderberry
  • 62- Wild Columbine
  • 61- Iris Verna
  • 60- Fringed Polygala
  • 59- Jack-In-The-Pulpit
  • 58-Wild Strawberry
  • 57- Shooting Star
  • 56- Sweet Cicely
  • 55- Carolina Silverbell
  • 54- Appalachian Barren Strawberry
  • 53- Fire Pink
  • 52- Squaw Root
  • 51- Showy Orchis
  • 50- Dutchman's Breeches
  • 49- Garlic Mustard
  • 48- Wild Phlox
  • 47- Marsh Marigold
  • 46- Skunk Cabbage
  • 45- Painted Trillium
  • 44- Hobblebush Viburnum
  • 43- Dwarf Ginseng
  • 42- Chickweed
  • 41- Sweet White Violet
  • 40- Foam Flower
  • 39- Canada Violet
  • 38- Squirrel Corn
  • 37- Purple Dead Nettle
  • 36- Pussytoes
  • 35- Wild Blue Phlox
  • 34- Wild Geranium
  • 33- Black Mustard
  • 32- Redbud
  • 31-Common Purple Violet
  • 30- Ragwort
  • 29- Hispid Buttercup?
  • 28- Serviceberry
  • 27- Southern Red Trillium
  • 26- Gray Willow
  • 25- Bluet
  • 24- Trailing Arbutus
  • 23- Halberd-leaved Violet
  • 22- Round-leaved Yellow Violet
  • 21- False Rue Anemone
  • 20- Rue Anemone
  • 19- Cut-Leaf Toothwort
  • 18- Early Saxifrage
  • 17- Broad-Leaved Sedge
  • 16- Golden Alexander
  • 15- Red Trillium
  • 14- Long Spurred Violet
  • 13- Spicebush
  • 12- Hepatica
  • 11- Periwinkle (non-native)
  • 10- Ground Ivy
  • 9- Red Maple
  • 8- Virginia Heartleaf
  • 7- Carolina Springbeauty
  • 6- Star Chickweed
  • 5- Trout Lilly
  • 4- Snow Trillium
  • 3- Colts Foot (non-native)
  • 2-Hairy Bittercress (non-native)
  • 1-Dandelion (non-native)

Additional Wildflowers after the Big Year

  • 367 - Mountain Phlox 366- Blue Eyed Mary
  • Here and Up Begins 2021
  • 365- Black Chokeberry
  • 364 - Harbinger-Of-Spring
  • Here and Up Begins 2020
  • 363 - Autumn Coralroot
  • 362 - Bunchberry Dogwood
  • 361 - Wild Bleeding Heart
  • 360 - American Hazelnut
  • Here and up Begins 2018
  • 359 - Mistflower
  • 358 - Clammy Hedge-hyssop
  • 357 - Nodding Onion
  • 356 - Winged Monkeyflower
  • 355 - Leaf Cup
  • 354 - Spotted Coralroot
  • 353 - Club Spur Orchid
  • 352- Hooked Buttercup
  • 351 - Twinleaf
  • 350 - Virginia Bluebells
  • Here and Up Begin 2017
  • 349- Starry Campion
  • 348- Stoneroot, Collinsonia canadensis
  • 347- Allegheny Brookfoam
  • 346- Cotton Grass
  • 345- Oswego Tea
  • 344 - Pawpaw
  • 343 - Pennsylvania Sedge
  • 342 - Yellow Fumewort
  • Here and Up Begin 2016
  • 341-Flat-Topped Aster
  • 340 - Water Smartweed
  • 339 - Giant Bur-Reed
  • 338 - Loesel's Twayblade
  • 337 - Yellow Rocket
  • 336 - Early Meadow Rue
  • 335- Fernleaf Phacelia
  • 334 - Cleavers
  • Here and up begins 2015
  • 333 - Downy Lobelia
  • 332 - Tall Rattlesnake Root
  • 331 - Flowering Spurge
  • 330 - Whorled Milkwort
  • 329 - American Bell Flower
  • 328 - Hoary Mountain Mint
  • 327 - Canada Lily
  • 326 - Appalachian Twayblade
  • 325 - New Jersey Tea
  • 324 - Lily-leaved Twayblade
  • 323 - Cow Wheat
  • 322 - Carrion Flower
  • 321 - Indian Cucumber
  • 320 - White clintonia
  • 319 - Showy Skullcap
  • 318 - Rattlesnake Weed
  • 317 - Pink Sorrel
  • 316 - Canada Mayflower
  • 315 - Wild Chervil
  • 314 - Blue Cohosh
  • 313 - Large Flower Bellwort
  • 312 - Wild Ginger
  • 311 - Red Sessile Trillium
  • 310- Dwarf Larkspur
  • 309- Plantain-leaf sedge
  • Here and up begins 2014
  • ...
  • Here and down begins 2022
  • 368- WILD COMFREY

Big Year

  • 308- American Witchhazel
  • 307- Old-Field Aster
  • 306- Heart Leaved Aster
  • 305- Late Purple Aster
  • 304- Bottle Gentian
  • 303- Yellow Ladies Tresses
  • 302- Tick Trefoil (non-native)
  • 301- American Bell Flower

Big Year

  • 200- Thimbleweed
  • 199- Black Eyed Susan
  • 198- Cattail
  • 197- Lance-Leaved Loosestrife
  • 196- Round-Leaved Shinleaf
  • 195- Selfheal
  • 194- Bentleys Coralroot
  • 193-Spotted Knapweed (non-native)
  • 192- Blackberry
  • 191- Wild Basil
  • 190- White Avens
  • 189- Teaberry or Wintergreen
  • 188- Yucca
  • 187- Horse Nettle
  • 186- Black Cohosh
  • 185- Common Milkweed
  • 184- Downy Yellow False Foxglove
  • 183- Orange Milkweed or Butterfly Weed
  • 182- Ragged Fringed Orchid
  • 181- False Hellebore (Non-native)
  • 180- Swamp Dewberry
  • 179- Baneberry
  • 178- Yellow Jewel Weed
  • 177- Mountain Woodsorrel
  • 176- Glade Spurge
  • 175- White Monkshood
  • 174- Ramps
  • 173- Tall Meadow Rue
  • 172- Cranberry
  • 171- Bog Candle or Yellow Loosestrife
  • 170- Northern Picture Plant
  • 169- Appalachian Jacob’s Ladder
  • 168- Pale Frilly Orchid
  • 167- Large Purple Fringed Orchid
  • 166- Rose Pogonia
  • 165- Grass Pink
  • 164- Large Pad Leaf Orchid
  • 163- Sweet Pea (non-native)
  • 162- Winterberry Holly
  • 161- Red Twig Dogwood
  • 160- Lyre-leaved Rock Cress
  • 159- Whorled Loosestrife
  • 158- Rhododendron
  • 157- Orange Daylilly
  • 156- Allegheny Chinquapin
  • 155- Wild Hydrangea
  • 154- Alumroot
  • 153- Poke Milkweed
  • 152- Striped Wintergreen
  • 151- Bittersweet Nightshade
  • 150- Least Hop Clover
  • 149- Cow Vetch
  • 148- purple flowering raspberry
  • 147- Deptford Pink
  • 146- American white waterlily
  • 145- Staghorn Sumac
  • 144- Arrow Wood
  • 143- Black Elderberry
  • 142- Galax
  • 141- Indian Pipe
  • 140- Catalpa
  • 139- Racemed Milkwort
  • 138- Spiderwort
  • 137- Crown Vetch (non-native)
  • 136- Yarrow
  • 135- Blue Eyed Grass
  • 134- Mountain Laurel
  • 133- Southern Mountain Cranberry
  • 132- Moth Mullein
  • 131- Blueweed
  • 130- Partridge Berry
  • 129- Goats Beard
  • 128- Black Snakeroot
  • 127- White Bergamot
  • 126- Mitrewort
  • 125- Devil's Bit or Fairy Wand
  • 124- Showy Lady's Slipper
  • 123- Yellow Iris
  • 122- White Clover (non-native)
  • 121- Red Clover (non-native)
  • 120- Multiflora Rose (non-native)
  • 119- Common Daisy
  • 118- Common Greenbrier
  • 117- Bowman's Root
  • 116- Smooth Solomon's Seal
  • 115- Virginia Iris
  • 114- Poison Hemlock (non-native )
  • 113- Deerberry
  • 112- Bristly Locust
  • 111- Black Locust
  • 110- Fringe Tree
  • 109- Dewberry
  • 108- Common Speedwell
  • 107- Wild Blueberry
  • 106- Black Cherry
  • 105- Flame Azalea
  • 104- Thread Leafed Toothwort
  • 103- Maple Leaved Viburnum
  • 102- Dame's Rocket (non-native)
  • 101- Lilly of the Valley
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