Erna Nixon Park: Jack-in-the-Pulpit, February 1, 2015

We went looking for Jack-in-the-Pulpits; found a lot of plants, but only a few flowering. New leaves were emerging on the red maples, elms, and willows.

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Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum, Araceae)
Native

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Red maple (Acer rubrum, Sapindaceae)

Native

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American elm (Ulmus americana, Ulmaceae)
Native

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Coastalplain willow (Salix caroliniana, Salicaceae)

Native

This is a female flower (catkin); it will later turn into a mass of fluffy seeds. The pollen-laden male catkins had come and gone already.

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Southern needleleaf (Tillandsia setacea, Bromeliaceae)

Native

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Spider

Possibly an Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)

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