Cemetery Botanizing – Tillis Prairie Cemetery | 3

Oxalis dillenii

Carolina anemone, Anemone caroliniana – so glad I got to enjoy these this spring! More prolific than I expected.

Missouri violet, Viola missouriensis

The non-native largelower sorrel, Oxalis debilis

Sidewalk firedot, Xanthocarpia feracissima – I think. Cemeteries are a great spot to find interesting lichens!

Bulbous woodrush, Luzula bulbosa – I’m beginning to really love this plant and wish I saw it sold in garden centers.

Beaked cornsalad, Valerianella radiata

Another Missouri violet

Stemless spiderwort, Tradescantia subacaulis

What remains of a poor armadillo.

It has been a couple of weeks since I’ve done any cemetery botanizing (or naturalizing!) and I’m feeling it a bit. Twice a week physical therapy plus a busy schedule in other aspects has left me without a lot of time outdoors during the lunch hour lately. I figure this means it is a good time to catch up on some of the cemeteries I’ve visited in the last couple of months. I had higher hopes for this cemetery based on its name including the word prairie, but it didn’t offer up any majorly interesting remnant prairie plants, at least upon this visit. It’s almost time for me to start rotating through them all again to see them in a later spring season. Of course, I will be left to the mercies of the lawn mower! I really had to dig deeper to find inspiring plants here because so many are common “weeds” you can find along roadsides or even your own yard in some cases. But any time spent looking at flowers is a good time spent!

Feel free to correct any misidentifications!