Anderson Springs « verdure
Anderson Springs
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

The springs of this park are actually in the Suwannee River, so there is no run, just a swirling on the river surface. The parking area, down a one lane dirt lane, is in a beautiful old forest. It looks like the spot is most popular as a swimming hole, for while there is a hiking and biking trail, it did not take long for the path to become overgrown and blocked by blown down trees. Many ticks found us as we walked, the day after O’Leno, through the grasses. The trail stays near the river on one side of the loop, and crosses through various ages of forests, with some fairly recent pine plantings on the way back.

the banks on this part of the Suwannee are worn limestone, with a few steep approaches and sandy bends

bank

mushrooms growing on a tree in the older part of the forest

mushy hats

not a spider

Opiliones

perhaps an assassin bug

bug

unknown beetles munching on flowers

munch

duskywings, Mike’s

dusky

trumpet vine, Mike’s

trumpet

wild petunia

petunia

berry

we think this is a six-lined racerunner, Mike’s

runner

Mike did the processing of the photos.

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