Monday, November 23, 2009

"Winter" "Fall"

I have been looking for things to identify, and aside from easy things that are all over the US at various stages of the year I haven't found anything new for a few days.
There's clover; the cowpen daisies are still blooming (though pitiful looking); we had some visiting cardinals; and then there are the unidentifiables.

This one has been growing and green since August at least. It's a very common yard weed, and I don't see it growing past six inches. It's very pretty, not annoying like the following plant, and if it has noticeable flowers they're winter or spring bloomers. It has an odd half-circle stem and has eluded identification for over three months now.

And here to the right we have another sneaky little plant. This one is green with little stripes of purple on the leaves in summer and is now a nice red-orange - the stems especially. It spreads over the ground by rooting it's long feelers into the ground. Now that it's dry you can actually pull up the thick mat without any resistance and the yard looks better without it. You can't mow it out because it's a creeper so it doesn't get high enough to be mowed.

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