Spring is in full swing in the Ouachita Mountains! The first ANPS Native Plant hike of 2015 was on April 11. Seven enthusiastic participants enjoyed a spectacular spring day in the forest.
A full hike report will appear in the Fall 2015 Claytonia. Today’s post is a quick visual taste of what was seen along the Ouachita National Trail in Perry County.
Hike participants were leaders Virginia McDaniel & Eric Hunt along with Don Ford, Becky Hardin, Mary McDaniel, Lynna Schoenert, and John Simpson.
Perfoliate bellwort – Uvularia perfoliata
Dwarf Crested Iris – Iris cristata
Silverbells – Halesia carolina
Early Azalea – Rhododendron prinophyllum
Cinnamon fern – Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Spiny Witch Hazel Gall Aphid – Hamamelistes spinosus – Growing on Common Witch Hazel – Hamamelis virginiana
Article and photographs by ANPS member Eric Hunt
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