Taken this afternoon behind my house at UCA on the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve. A five acre section of the nature reserve is prairie restoration area that is the only piece left of what was once a 2500 acre prairie here in Conway. It's nice to be able to hop my back fence, cross the street and take a stroll through the woods and fields, even if it is only 15 acres.
Looks like a wild rose bloom to me too. You're fortunate to have such a nice place to shoot so near. Have they done any burns on the prairie restoration part?
Yup, a rose by any other name....There are two kinds here in Arkansas - and Don my chime in to give his feelings on the one he doesn't like.
Cinquefoils are bright yellow.
Speaking of Don Kurz, I hear he is just about to wrap up work on a brand new and very exciting new guidebook - ARKANSAS WILDFLOWERS will be published later this year and will be and EASY guide to finding ID's of wildflowers here - it will be organized by COLOR instead of family (like Hunter's book) so that mere mortals can find flowers quickly. Oh yes, and it will be MUCH CHEAPER too! (I was on Ernst's photo workshop over the weekend and he talked all about this new book that he is publishing for Don - way to go Don!)
You do have a native rose. It is either Pasture Rose also called Carolina Rose, Rosa carolina or Prairie Wild Rose, Rosa arkansana. The easiest way to tell them apart is to look at the flower stalk, which I cannot see in this photo. The Carolina Rose has gland-tipped hairs along the flower stalk while the Prairie Wild Rose is smooth. You can check that out since the prairie is so accessible. I don't know why someone originally called the former a "Pasture Rose" because it grows in PRAIRIES! That is why Carolina Rose sounds more appropriate given the error in naming. The species name says that it was named for the Carolinas where it was first discovered. There is a Prairie Rose, Rosa setigera, that mostly grows in pastures, woodland edges and along roadsides, not PRAIRIES so that one was also misnamed!
You are right Joseph, there is one rose that I don't like and that is Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora. It was promoted by wildlife biologists in the early to mid-part of last century as the miracle wildlife plant! Of course, they were wrong and it is now considered a noxious weed! Unfortunately, it is here to stay although it is susceptible to a virus that causes a deformation known as witches broom. Unfortunately, this disease is not prevalent enough to keep the shrub in check.
Thanks for the book promo!
Best,
Don
Posted by Randy Wilson on May 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Beautiful work, Matthew, with good detail in focus, and I like how you still have some detail in the dark and out of focus background to show something of the flower's natural environment.
Thanks for the info. It appears to have the gland tipped hairs along the stalk so I guess it is a Carolina Rose. Yea Bill they burn it off early spring every year.
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6 repliesTaken this afternoon behind my house at UCA on the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve. A five acre section of the nature reserve is prairie restoration area that is the only piece left of what was once a 2500 acre prairie here in Conway. It's nice to be able to hop my back fence, cross the street and take a stroll through the woods and fields, even if it is only 15 acres.
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Cinquefoils are bright yellow.
Speaking of Don Kurz, I hear he is just about to wrap up work on a brand new and very exciting new guidebook - ARKANSAS WILDFLOWERS will be published later this year and will be and EASY guide to finding ID's of wildflowers here - it will be organized by COLOR instead of family (like Hunter's book) so that mere mortals can find flowers quickly. Oh yes, and it will be MUCH CHEAPER too! (I was on Ernst's photo workshop over the weekend and he talked all about this new book that he is publishing for Don - way to go Don!)
You do have a native rose. It is either Pasture Rose also called Carolina Rose, Rosa carolina or Prairie Wild Rose, Rosa arkansana. The easiest way to tell them apart is to look at the flower stalk, which I cannot see in this photo. The Carolina Rose has gland-tipped hairs along the flower stalk while the Prairie Wild Rose is smooth. You can check that out since the prairie is so accessible. I don't know why someone originally called the former a "Pasture Rose" because it grows in PRAIRIES! That is why Carolina Rose sounds more appropriate given the error in naming. The species name says that it was named for the Carolinas where it was first discovered. There is a Prairie Rose, Rosa setigera, that mostly grows in pastures, woodland edges and along roadsides, not PRAIRIES so that one was also misnamed!
You are right Joseph, there is one rose that I don't like and that is Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora. It was promoted by wildlife biologists in the early to mid-part of last century as the miracle wildlife plant! Of course, they were wrong and it is now considered a noxious weed! Unfortunately, it is here to stay although it is susceptible to a virus that causes a deformation known as witches broom. Unfortunately, this disease is not prevalent enough to keep the shrub in check.
Thanks for the book promo!
Best,
Don