
{"id":16841,"date":"2011-03-24T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=16841"},"modified":"2011-03-24T10:36:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:36:03","slug":"don%e2%80%99t-miss-them-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/03\/24\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-them-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t miss them this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16843\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/03\/24\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-them-this-year\/bloodroot-on-eno1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bloodroot-on-Eno1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bloodroot-on-Eno1\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bloodroot-on-Eno1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bloodroot-on-Eno1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bloodroot-on-Eno1-84x113.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bloodroot-on-Eno1-100x134.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO BY KEN MOORE. Ephemeral bloodroot flowers are very short-lived.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By Ken Moore<br \/>\n<em>Flora Columnist<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still time to catch most of the spring ephemerals, but you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better get outdoors this week or next, or they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be gone again for another year.<\/p>\n<p>A favorite spring ephemeral is bloodroot, <em>Sanguinaria canadensis<\/em>. While the rounded, oddly lobed leaf of bloodroot may stick around for several months before it yellows and disappears, the flower petals, which close in the evenings, will last only a day or two. If you dare touch those fragile petals, they most likely will fall to the ground. <\/p>\n<p>Bloodroots are not nearly as common as trout lilies, which come to mind when one thinks about spring. Spring ephemerals tolerate early spring\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cool temperatures to take advantage of the sun\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rays before the forest canopy darkens the ground. Sometimes the plants will linger on into the early summer, but the flowers last just long enough for pollination and \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if pollination is successful \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to develop fruit and disperse seed before quietly fading from the woodland scene. <\/p>\n<p>A thrill for wildflower \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnuts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is to catch a patch of Dutchman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeches, <em>Dicentra cucullaria<\/em>, during their brief flowering period. Upon close inspection, the white flowers resemble pantaloons on a miniature clothesline, making the common name easy to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, I joined friend Pete Schubert, geologist and another wildflower \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnut,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to catch this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dutchman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeches flowering in some of the few local sites. The plants are very rare in our area. <\/p>\n<p>Pete\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s description explains the rarity: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of the showiest expanses of local Dutchman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeches is along the Flat River north of Durham. As with populations along nearby Eno River at Penny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bend and Willie Duke\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bluff, the Flat River is underlain by resistant diabase, unusual erosion-resistant bedrock that controls the flow of the rivers and contributes a unique chemistry to the overlying soils. <\/p>\n<p>Calcium and magnesium-rich minerals in diabase weather to provide these nutrients in abundance in the soils \u00e2\u20ac\u201c unique in the Piedmont. The uncommon plants found here are calciphiles \u00e2\u20ac\u201c calcium-loving \u00e2\u20ac\u201c typically found in the sweeter soils of the Midwest.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Rare <em>Isopyrum biternatum<\/em>, false rue anemone, with delicate little white flowers that are similar to rue anemone, or windflower, <em>Thalictrum thalictroides<\/em>, occurs with Dutchman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeches on the Flat River. Numerous uncommon puttyroot orchids, <em>Aplectrum hyemale<\/em>, have appeared with hundreds of bloodroot just above the Dutchman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeches on the Eno.<\/p>\n<p>Though these ephemeral beauties are visible for only a couple of weeks at any one location, you can extend your enjoyment at seeing them by walking different trails every week. <\/p>\n<p>There were still a few trout lilies in flower on the cooler north slopes on Sunday but there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be no sign of them in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>For a last chance opportunity to see these beauties this season, check out Duke Garden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sunday morning Penny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bend trip (call 668-5309) or conduct an Internet search for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wildflower hikes on the Eno\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for a Sunday afternoon Willie Duke\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bluff trip.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow wildflowers throughout this spring with wildflower classes beginning soon at Duke Gardens and the N.C. Botanical Garden. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t linger; springtime is moving on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Email Ken Moore at flora@carrborocitizen.com.<\/em><br \/>\nRead more Ken Moore <em>Citizen<\/em> columns at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/flora\/\">The Annotated Flora<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16845\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/03\/24\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-them-this-year\/dutchmans-breeches-on-eno1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dutchmans-breeches-on-Eno1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dutchman&#039;s-breeches-on-Eno1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dutchmans-breeches-on-Eno1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dutchmans-breeches-on-Eno1-113x84.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dutchmans-breeches-on-Eno1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO BY KEN MOORE. Rare Dutchman's breeches look like pants on a miniature clothesline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16844\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/03\/24\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-them-this-year\/american-trout-lily1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/American-Trout-Lily1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"American-Trout-Lily1\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/American-Trout-Lily1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/American-Trout-Lily1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/American-Trout-Lily1-84x113.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/American-Trout-Lily1-100x134.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> It's still possible to find harbinger-of-spring trout lilies on cool north slopes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still time to catch most of the spring ephemerals, but you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better get outdoors this week or next, or they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be gone again for another year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-flora"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16841"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17046,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16841\/revisions\/17046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}