26 September, 2008

Outcrops mountaintops and noxious weeds

My outdoor September thus far:

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my adorable nieces

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noxious reproduction- english ivy and kudzu blooming together on my walk home from work.

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Beautyberry at Davidson Arabia mountain

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Cardinal flower and sulphur butterfly at Davidson Arabia

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Just looks cartoonish to me- Hearts a bustin' plant at Davidson Arabia

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It has not rained here in a week or two and these ants on the rock outrcrop built a little wall/highway between islands of vegetation up on the rock face. neato.

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dogs on the AT

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false Solomon's plume

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gutterpop grapevine

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yellow spotted touch-me-not aka- jewelweed. I've never seen this yellow kind before, but the orange ones are all over metro-Atlanta. It's nature's remedy to poison ivy- just crush the stem and apply it to your skin where you came into contact with the urushiol (ivy oil that causes rash)

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