FALLIS Cemetery Plants

Always interested in plants and wildlife I have some photographs of wildflowers in the FALLIS Pioneer Cemetery. Unfortunately, not as vigorous as the glowing yellow masses of Ragwort in the Concord Cemetery in Whitley County, Indiana.

On the left April 18, 2006 I saw large numbers of Spring Beauty which looks like snowflakes in large masses. The often pink veined white flowers are smaller than dimes. This link to a photo on Illinois wildflowers was taken at a cemetery. The yellow flowers on left are Dandelions. On the right in Alan Price's photo are more Ragworts in bloom.

The Ragwort were not very tall when I visited in April 18 or when Alan Price volunteered to take photos April 30, 2006. The area on the left is the closest to what I saw in the Whitley County, Indiana cemetery. Because the cemetery is on a rise of earth it always appears dry when I visit compared to lower woodland areas which this time of year are muddy with pools of standing water. I cleaned the FALLIS tombstones in 2005 and took some of the Ragworts that I removed from the tombstones. They are about twice as tall in my garden as they are in FALLIS Cemetery. Weedy looking it remains to be seen if this is a worthy garden specimen or a weedy mistake. This Connecticut Wildflower link has useful information and closeup photos. This Purdue University link indicates Ragwort is poisonous to livestock which could have been a serious problem in the pioneer days.

On the left along the fence were blooming Pussy-toes. A confusing group of possibly 32 species this pussy-toe is probably Woman's Tobacco or Antennaria plantaginifolia on the USDA site. On the right these metallic green beetles found on the Mercy VAUGHAN FALLIS' tombstone are Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle, Cicindela sexguttata as seen closeup on this web page. If I got too close they would fly away.

There were small groups of Toothworts by a bench in the back seen on this Illinois wildflower link.

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