Nature Plants of all kinds

Wall of Peppers - X100

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[Royal] Hakea Victoria - {Day 06-07} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 6: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. Having entered the Fitzgerald River National Park the Hakea Victoria or more commonly known Royal Hakea started to dominate the landscape. Regretfully I was out of wildflower season so no flowering specimens where to be seen. The Noongar name for the plant is Tallyongut. They can grow to around 3 metres tall. This was one of the tallest I saw today.
 
This is a Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris. It is native to the US eastern seaboard, stretching from Virginia to Florida, and across the Gulf to Texas. Extensive logging and land development has seriously reduced its territory. Longleaf can take up to 150 years to mature, and has reportedly reached 200 feet in older specimens. It is very fire resistant, and its seed dispersal is even aided by wildfires.

The question is how a Longleaf came to be planted in a rural WV yard in a creek bottom? This one looks pretty beat up, which is not surprising, considering our climate can be rough in the winter. Even a friend who works in the forestry department of a nearby major university is scratching his head over this one.

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Time to breathe life into an old thread:

Hepatica
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Golden Ragwort
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Colt's Foot
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Bluets
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Rue Anemone
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Mayapple
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