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Woodland things · 12:27 PM

I went looking for Morels last weekend, and still came home empty handed. It may be too early still, as I've only heard of a few being found locally, and many of our Spring plants still haven't sprouted. One guy I know found over a hundred of them last year . . . I've never found one. I'll try again this weekend. I did find several early Spring plants that have started sprouting and/or flowering. My skill is more in identifying trees and shrubs, but I took a stab at these. #1 & #2 I'm certain of; I'd appreciate any input if anyone can identify the others.

Striped Pipsissewa

Cut-leaf Toothwort

I think this is a very early Mayapple with flower, although I don't usually see the flowers this early.

False Rue Anemone? Hard to tell from the immature leaves.

Cumberland Spurge? Again, hard to tell from the immature leaves and flowers.

Na Horuk · 04-07-2014, 12:39 PM

Nice photos! Bright and clear with good DoF! I always struggle with DoF and high ISO noise with this type of photos. I especially like the first two photos, because the flowers take the lead role of the frame. In the others, the subject is slightly less prominent

TonyTurley · 04-07-2014, 03:15 PM

Thanks Na.

TonyTurley · 04-08-2014, 07:08 AM

One I forgot to add. Have no idea what this is.

Michael Piziak · 04-08-2014, 09:31 AM

Nice closeups of the flora !

TonyTurley · 04-08-2014, 09:35 AM

Originally posted by Michael Piziak

Nice closeups of the flora !

Thanks Michael. This is a great time of the year to be wandering the woods with a camera.

mole · 04-08-2014, 06:13 PM

Tony - Fine illustrations of the floral diversity in your rich woodlands, and fine illustrations of your photographic skills as well!

A few corrections to identifications (hope you don't mind). Mayapples are much larger than photo #3, and the flowers come out beneath the paired leaves. Your photo is a much earlier bloom - Bloodroot.
#4 looks like Rue Anemone to me, not false rue anemone.
Not sure what #5 is - have heard it called leadwort but that is not correct. Will try to get you a correct ID soon.
The one you added later is one of our native orchids - often called Rattlesnake Plantain (although it's an orchid, not a plantain). Leaves are patterned like snake skin. Blooms come later in the season, a fine little stalk of small white orchid-looking flowers.

Hope you continue to enjoy this fine spring season, and will share more of the "fruits" of your walks!

TonyTurley · 04-09-2014, 09:16 AM

Thanks for those clarifications, mole, and for the kind comments. I was hoping you would chime in.

I wasn't certain on the one I thought was Mayapple, because ours haven't even begun to leaf out. One of the "fruits" I'm really hoping to experience this Spring is Morels. I have never found one . . . ever . . even when others were finding them in abundance. I have looked around Poplar trees, around Elm trees, around Walnut trees. I have looked high, I have looked low. I have looked on hillsides, I've looked in flat areas. The conditions are ripe up here, and the daughter of a lady from church found 21 last night in a short period of time. Unless they are buried under the leaves and I'm walking right past them, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. There are a couple of places I'm going to try over the next couple of days.

**eaglem** · 04-09-2014, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by Na Horuk

Nice photos! Bright and clear with good DoF! I always struggle with DoF and high ISO noise with this type of photos. I especially like the first two photos, because the flowers take the lead role of the frame. In the others, the subject is slightly less prominent

As he said and DITTO

**Jacquot** · 04-09-2014, 05:43 PM

Lovely, So hard to see these in real life. and then to know what they are and be able to share them is great.
David

GeoJerry · 04-09-2014, 09:11 PM

I like #2 a lot! One thing I'd suggest on a few of these though is to use portrait format. Just a matter of personal taste, but I think #2 would look cool in vertical, with an arc of a branch on the bottom below the flower.

TonyTurley · 04-10-2014, 06:57 AM

Originally posted by eaglem

As he said and DITTO

Thanks em.

Originally posted by Jacquot

Lovely, So hard to see these in real life. and then to know what they are and be able to share them is great.
David

Glad you enjoyed them, Jacquot.

Originally posted by GeoJerry

I like #2 a lot! One thing I'd suggest on a few of these though is to use portrait format. Just a matter of personal taste, but I think #2 would look cool in vertical, with an arc of a branch on the bottom below the flower.

Thanks Jerry. Never thought of portrait.

I spend a lot of my time when I'm walking scanning the forest floor. You find a lot of neat things that way, but more than a few times I've ended up with a face full of web + spider because of that. Bleh!

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Na Horuk Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Slovenia, probably Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,186	Nice photos! Bright and clear with good DoF! I always struggle with DoF and high ISO noise with this type of photos. I especially like the first two photos, because the flowers take the lead role of the frame. In the others, the subject is slightly less prominent

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TonyTurley Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Scott Depot, WV Posts: 1,240 Original Poster	Thanks Na.

04-08-2014, 07:08 AM	#4
TonyTurley Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Scott Depot, WV Posts: 1,240 Original Poster	One I forgot to add. Have no idea what this is.

04-08-2014, 09:31 AM	#5
Michael Piziak Closed Account Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 2,815	Nice closeups of the flora !

04-08-2014, 09:35 AM	#6
TonyTurley Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Scott Depot, WV Posts: 1,240 Original Poster	Originally posted by Michael Piziak Nice closeups of the flora ! Thanks Michael. This is a great time of the year to be wandering the woods with a camera.

04-08-2014, 06:13 PM	#7
mole Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,432	Tony - Fine illustrations of the floral diversity in your rich woodlands, and fine illustrations of your photographic skills as well! A few corrections to identifications (hope you don't mind). Mayapples are much larger than photo #3, and the flowers come out beneath the paired leaves. Your photo is a much earlier bloom - Bloodroot. #4 looks like Rue Anemone to me, not false rue anemone. Not sure what #5 is - have heard it called leadwort but that is not correct. Will try to get you a correct ID soon. The one you added later is one of our native orchids - often called Rattlesnake Plantain (although it's an orchid, not a plantain). Leaves are patterned like snake skin. Blooms come later in the season, a fine little stalk of small white orchid-looking flowers. Hope you continue to enjoy this fine spring season, and will share more of the "fruits" of your walks!

04-09-2014, 09:16 AM	#8
TonyTurley Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Scott Depot, WV Posts: 1,240 Original Poster	Thanks for those clarifications, mole, and for the kind comments. I was hoping you would chime in. I wasn't certain on the one I thought was Mayapple, because ours haven't even begun to leaf out. One of the "fruits" I'm really hoping to experience this Spring is Morels. I have never found one . . . ever . . even when others were finding them in abundance. I have looked around Poplar trees, around Elm trees, around Walnut trees. I have looked high, I have looked low. I have looked on hillsides, I've looked in flat areas. The conditions are ripe up here, and the daughter of a lady from church found 21 last night in a short period of time. Unless they are buried under the leaves and I'm walking right past them, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. There are a couple of places I'm going to try over the next couple of days.

04-09-2014, 05:13 PM	#9
eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 43,160	Originally posted by Na Horuk Nice photos! Bright and clear with good DoF! I always struggle with DoF and high ISO noise with this type of photos. I especially like the first two photos, because the flowers take the lead role of the frame. In the others, the subject is slightly less prominent As he said and DITTO

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Jacquot Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sun City Center, FL Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,544	Lovely, So hard to see these in real life. and then to know what they are and be able to share them is great. David

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GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	I like #2 a lot! One thing I'd suggest on a few of these though is to use portrait format. Just a matter of personal taste, but I think #2 would look cool in vertical, with an arc of a branch on the bottom below the flower.

04-10-2014, 06:57 AM	#12
TonyTurley Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Scott Depot, WV Posts: 1,240 Original Poster	Originally posted by eaglem As he said and DITTO Thanks em. Originally posted by Jacquot Lovely, So hard to see these in real life. and then to know what they are and be able to share them is great. David Glad you enjoyed them, Jacquot. Originally posted by GeoJerry I like #2 a lot! One thing I'd suggest on a few of these though is to use portrait format. Just a matter of personal taste, but I think #2 would look cool in vertical, with an arc of a branch on the bottom below the flower. Thanks Jerry. Never thought of portrait. I spend a lot of my time when I'm walking scanning the forest floor. You find a lot of neat things that way, but more than a few times I've ended up with a face full of web + spider because of that. Bleh!