Red-shouldered hawk

A red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) perches in a tree at Clegg Garden.  Photo taken October 18, 2016.

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Phellinus gilvus and Lycogala epidendrum

Fallen logs along the trail at Clegg Garden with fresh Phellinus gilvus shelf mushroom and wolf's milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum).  Photo taken October 4, 2016.

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Running strawberry bush

Running strawberry bush (Euonymus obovatus).   This is found along the trail just before you get to the lookout point over the Wildcat Creek.  This native plant is uncommon at Clegg Garden compared to its invasive relative, wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei).  Unfortunately, wintercreeper has spread extensively at Clegg Garden.  Hopefully the invasive plant problem at Clegg Garden can be brought under control in the future.  Running strawberry bush has much the same habit as wintercreeper, as it runs along the ground like a vine, but the foliage is less robust than wintercreeper and doesn't crowd out the other native plants.

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Photo taken May 10, 2016.

Wisteria

This vine with the striking blue-violet flower clusters is Wisteria.  You see it here at the entrance to Clegg Garden.  Obviously it was planted here years ago.  I don't know what species of Wisteria it is, it could be one of the non-native species, although there is a native species of Wisteria, Wisteria frutescens.

Photo taken April 26, 2016.

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Hepatica acutiloba

Hepatica acutiloba is flowering now at Clegg Gardens.  It is one of the first spring wildflowers to appear in the forest.  There are a lot of them flowering this year.  This photo was taken at Clegg Garden March 18, 2016.

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Leaves of the Resurrection Lily appear in the spring

In the foreground, leaves of Lycoris squamigera, sometimes called resurrection lily, have sprouted out of the ground.  The leaves die back at the end of spring and later in the year a flowering stalk appears.  In the background of both photos are daffodils, just beginning to flower.  The leaves of both plants appear somewhat similar but Lycoris has blunter tips to the leaves.

Photos taken March 16, 2016.

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Snowdrops blooming

Snowdrop (Galanthus sp.) blooming here at the entrance to Clegg Garden.  Snowdrops are not native plants and this was planted here years ago.  They are popular with gardeners as they bloom very early in spring.

Photo taken March 9, 2016.

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The winter aconite which was beginning to bloom a couple weeks ago, as shown in this post, is now seen blooming in many spots on the Clegg Garden property, some of them far from the headquarters building.

Skunk cabbage

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) flowering at a seep near Wildcat Creek, at Clegg Garden.

Photo taken March 2, 2016.

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Winter aconite

Winter aconite is starting to become visible, here flowering at the entrance to Clegg Garden.  This photo was taken Feb. 23, 2016.

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A view of Wildcat Creek in January

Wildcat Creek at Clegg Garden.

Photos taken January 19, 2016.

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