West Virginia Native Wildflowers-The Big Year, 2013: April 2020

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

New River and Camp Creek Ephremels 800' Elevation Difference

I've been running and exploring on New River and at Camp Creek State Park the last couple of week and have noticed a big difference in peak flowering of ephemerals. New River is roughly 1200' in elevation while Camp Creek is 2050'.

First New River on April 7

Yellow Mandarin

Phlox

Redbud

Twisted Bellwort

Large Flowering Trillium

Foam FLower

Miterwort

Waterfall on Mill Creek

Silver Bell

Dwarf Ginseng

Wild Ginger

Squirrel Corn

Phlox

Dwarf Larkspur

Fumewort

Dwarf Larkspur

Miterwort Camp Creek April 13th

Camp Creek April 13th

Trillium Camp Creek April 13th

Twisted Bellwort Camp Creek April 13th

Falls after 2-3 iches of rain

Trillium Camp Creek April 13th

Purpose

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.

West Virginia Native Wildflowers-The Big Year, 2013

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

New River and Camp Creek Ephremels 800' Elevation Difference

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