Stone Mountain Meanderings: Not quite flowers

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Not quite flowers

On Display

A pool of light
Will pause
When needed.

25 May 2015 in Not quite flowers, z05 May | Permalink | Comments (0)

Nameless

A tiny fern appreciates its anonymity.

29 December 2014 in Not quite flowers, z12 December | Permalink | Comments (1)

Drug Store Leftover

Holiday ornaments
Decorate the forest.

24 December 2014 in None of the above, Not quite flowers, Trees & shrubs, z12 December | Permalink | Comments (0)

Confucius says…
"Man on hill, not on level."

Gold Dust Lichen, evidently a devotee of the sage, clings only to sheltered vertical faces, always avoiding the top of exposed flats. Usually, the delightful gold attaches to dry shaded tree bark, but would never pass up a chunk of good old Stone Mountain granite.

10 May 2014 in Granite "rocks", Not quite flowers, z05 May | Permalink | Comments (2)

Apparitions

Think wasp.
Think a tiny 2-mm non-stinging version called Wool Sower Wasp, Callirhytis seminator.
The Wool Sower story goes like this. In mid-winter the female deposits eggs on the White Oak tree, Quercus alba - and only the white oak. Come Spring, eggs hatch, tiny grubs secrete an enzyme which signals the oak to produce this 1 inch 'gall', a cotton ball designed for their protection and nourishment. Young wasps soon hatch. This seriously strange process repeats, attaining legendary status over the decades among nature savants, and especially the casually curious.

© 140426-007 Wool Sower Gall
Stone Mountain Park
Saturday 26 April 2014
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26 April 2014 in Not quite flowers, Trees & shrubs, z04 April | Permalink | Comments (0)