Beautiful nature trail along the Creek culminating at a waterfall. Wonderful hike to the Falls.
Archives For November 30, 1999
Recently we visited the Rockhouse Cliffs Rockshelter which are an archaeological site in southern Indiana near the Ohio River. The location has evidence that it was used/occupied by prehistoric humanity at least 10,000 years ago. That is 8,000 years BCE during the Lithic and Archaic periods of North America.
Earlier I published a post on finding Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) in the shaded grove along a creek in the american midwest. The brown flowers were so interesting.
Well now I have discovered the fruits are developing. I found one windfall pawpaw lying along the trail and looked up to see more still hanging in the tree. The fallen fruit is not ripe. Now that I have located some fruit I’m hoping a few will make it to ripeness. If any get ripe, I’ll let you know.
Pawpaw is one of the more exotic native plants here. The others which come to mind are Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) and Catalpa speciosa. Seems like they are more tropical than temperate.
Gardenpoiesis: Adventures of a Naturalist 