Thursday, August 20, 2015

Just Plants


I'm not a botanist. I don't know much about plants. Still, I see a stunning variety of them out here and I think they're beautiful. 

These were in front a house in Yarmouth, ME. Azaleas, right?

No idea what these are. 


Some kind of mushroom. 


Also a mushroom. Looks like a flower buy it's not. I think. 

Mushroom as big as my hand on the side of a tree. 

No idea. 

Still no idea. 

Lots of these. 

This isn't a plant. It's a slug. 


Pitcher Plant? I think? Found them in a swamp. 

Same thing. Pitcher Plant?

I'm sure that was boring. 

If you leave a comment, you're a total nerd. 












at

8 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 20, 2015 at 7:00 AM

    #ilikeplants

    ReplyDelete
  2. MarthaAugust 20, 2015 at 8:04 AM

    You know that little square thing you carry to post on fb and blog? You can also use it to look up things...like flora and fauna.
    They are beautiful images and I'm glad you took the time to stop and smell..er...take pics of them!

    ReplyDelete
  3. CateSeptember 1, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    The fourth plant down is Indian Pipe - http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/mycotrophic/monotropa_uniflora.shtml


    :)

    -arm chair plant nerd (only because I was raised by the Empress of Flora).

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownSeptember 9, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    6 and 7 look like wild roses.

    ReplyDelete
  5. SchrodySeptember 23, 2015 at 12:43 PM

    1) Rhododendron, probably not a species or native. Azaleas are a type of rhododendron. Best guess, a hybrid or non-native species available for landscaping.

    2) The flowers belong to sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia. The entire plant is toxic owing to andromedotoxins; it is so poisonous that even honey produced from Kalmia flowers will kill you. Yay botany! The conifer-looking leaves probably belong to a species of yew.

    3) Coral fungus, Artomyces pyxidatus.

    4) It is indeed an indian pipe. While Monotropa species are plants, they do not produce chlorophyll and instead rely on symbiotic fungi to take nutrients from other plants ("myco-heterotrophy").

    5) Polyphore mushroom, most likely Ganoderma applanatum.

    6,7) Purple flowered raspberry, Rubus odoratus. It is in the same family as roses, Rosaceae, hence the strong resemblance to wild roses.

    8) Some damn aster.

    9) Are you sure?

    10) North American pitcher plants, probably Sarracenia purpurea. In the same bog it is likely you can find bladderworts, butterworts, and sundews- all native carnivorous plants.

    ReplyDelete