During the year
Month The most popular month is September
Seasons The favorite is autumn
Nature's Path
Dan Gibson - Forest Cello
September season
There was only a faint smell of autumn in the air
There is no "noisy sound" of spring mountain flowers competing
There is also no "laughter" of everything growing in the middle of summer.
Autumn in the mountains
Wild fruits ripen spontaneously and fall
Even the leaves fell silently
No words, no fights, no grabs
But it is the most fascinating
Autumn Mountain Wilderness
In a confined city, encounters with nature require the creation of conditions. And in nature, all good things come naturally, not self-satisfied. All we have to do is empty our minds and enjoy them quietly.
People who often walk in the mountains will be delighted with every encounter with nature, and even more obsessed with the inadvertent surprises in the mountains. A butterfly flutters, a wildflower blooms, an empty mountain birdsong, a spring stream babbling... Yamano never skimps on her gifts, and so does nature.
It was the autumn of September, and the friends walked into the mountains of early autumn, the TaipingYuxi Temple Ditch in the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains, all the way to support each other, surprise company.
Xisigou species · Plants
In the autumn mountains, the wildflowers have lost the bright colors of spring and summer, and are quietly hidden in the grass beside the road and among the gravel of the creek, quietly decorating the earth.
From the mouth of the West Temple to the camping destination, but half an hour away, along the way, small but occasionally there are still beautiful plants that can not be ignored, giving people a surprise.
Just entered the Qinling Mountains, with the advance of the car, from the windows on both sides of the rapidly regressing mountain from time to time appeared some bright red, gourd family of small melons, and later it was found that it was a king melon, also known as the red wand.
King melon
The last of the three seasons of Lixia is exactly what "Wang Guasheng" said. The king melon is the most tender thing, in the summer season, the earth yang qi began to gather, and the king melon also quickly climbed and grew because of the time. By September, the earth's yang qi did not resist the yin qi, and Wang Gua was about to end his short life, converging on the aura and preparing to end the curtain.
In the wetland next to the creek at the mouth of the Xisigou, two plants of the family Officinalis, the water golden phoenix and the winged calyx, one wears a yellow skirt and the other wears a purple neon dress, like two little fairies with aura. In the Guangqun Fang Genealogy compiled by Kangxi Ming Wang Hao, the plants of the Fengxian family are described as "flowering between the trees, and the head, wings, tail, and feet are like phoenix immortals." "Presumably, in the eyes of the ancients, the plants of the hydrangea family were also fairy-like beings.
Water Golden Phoenix & Wing Calyx Fairy Flower
Both the water phoenix and the winged calyx hydrangea have obvious honey spots on them, which is their unique way of attracting pollinators. The way plants of the hydrangeae spread seeds is also very special, the ripe fruit pods are like a small mallet that is full of strength, and only when some external force helps, the seeds will crackle and jump far enough away.
Duck plant is a combination of beauty and wisdom in one plant, many ancients have borrowed poems to praise its beauty: "Yang Bao is sparse, and the wings are thin and green. A few mistakes will be fanned, and the first mistake is to recognize the wrong mind. "In the eyes of the ancients, the blue petals of the duck plant are like fluttering wings, and they will be mistaken for a beautiful person to give a hug, this beauty is afraid that people will lose their souls."
dayflower
The flower buds of the duck plant are typical of heterotypic stamens, the stamens droop like butterfly whiskers, and the 3 stamens near the cyan petals are beautiful cross-shaped, but they are only responsible for attracting pollinators and do not undertake the task of reproduction. The lower 3 stamens are fertile, with the shorter yellow anthers, which are dark "U" shaped, and the longer 2 stamens anthers brown, so that the flower structure of the heterotypic stamens helps increase pollination odds due to the lack of nectar in duck plants.
The name chicken yateng missed the life of this delicate little purple flower, leaving aside the name, the small flower is still very attractive. Chicken vine is not unnamed, with fingers crushing a small flower or a leaf, you can smell the strong smell of.
Goldenrod
Goldenrod and tufts of the Liao family are very common, although the nasturtium is not a golden stem, and the tufts are not flourishing all over the mountains, but the inadvertent stars in the weeds make people very comfortable.
Ganxi sage of the lip family, the faint purple color is just right; the wild chamomile has not yet reached the peak season, scattered on both sides of the mountain road; the girl fruit is now wearing a fiery red coat, and it will not be long before she will change into a sexy hollow suit; the ears are mature, and the clever baby with the ear is not careful, it attaches to the clothes and pants of pedestrians or the fur of other small animals, and wanders to the far side, wandering far away...
The wilderness of autumn is quietly bustling...
Xisigou species and insects
Flowers bloom silently, birdsong is silent, and everything is about our hearts. A song insect wakes up the whole forest, a flower meets the whole world, there is no farthest distance, and the square inches under the feet are heaven.
Before entering the mountain, just a short stop at the mountain pass, my attention was attracted by a small bush of herbs on the side of the road.
Herbs are considered to be the most decent members of the vanilla family, without the clarity of mint, less of the subtlety of rosemary, but in this mountain wilderness, this small herb has become a rich world.
3 species of butterflies of the butterfly family, the butterfly with flashing wings busy among the flowers, from different angles can see different colors, the red wing spots of the butterfly are very dazzling, in contrast, the pure black broad-tailed butterfly is much more low-key.
Butterfly
Butterflies in the family Rhinoceae are not easy to distinguish, and are often ignored because of their small size, and there are 4 small white dots on the wings of the straight-striped rice butterfly, and the curved sleeve butterfly also deserves its name, and there are 5 small white dots arranged in an arc on the wings.
Butterflies in the pink butterfly family are like passers-by in the TV series, because the appearance is not outstanding, often ignored, the wide-edged yellow pink butterfly is still relatively high, the black striped pink butterfly, as the name suggests, the black lines on the wings are obvious, the dark vein pink butterfly has more than one black mole on the wings, and the vegetable powder butterfly is the passerby A in the passerby A.
The great purple butterfly has residual wings
The old leopard butterfly of the butterfly family got its name because of the leopard print at the base of its wings, and found the carcass of the large purple butterfly, although mutilated, but because of the obvious purple color on its wings, it is not difficult to identify.
Hummingbird hawk moth
Hummingbird hawk moths are not like real moths, it must have dreams of changing from moth to butterfly, so it is always active during the day like a butterfly, because of its long beak and extremely fast wing waving frequency, hummingbird eagle moth is often mistaken for hummingbird.
Cockroaches molt
In the grass not far away, I found a cockroach cicada, and the autumn mood gradually thickened, and I did not know that in the spring and autumn, its life would also be exhausted. In order to protect itself, the bee fly evolved into the form of a mighty bee, busy mating while not forgetting to look for food. In the dark of the night, an elderly head dragonfly followed the glimmer of our flashlight to find a place to live, and accidentally landed on the sleeve of his little friend.
Night falls and all things fall asleep.
Nishijigou species, birds and beasts
Thoreau said: You have to walk lightly to hear the most beautiful sound.
The forest can sing, or a bird song, or a wind; the earth can also sing, or the mountains and streams, or insects whisper; the pace is slow, the mind is quiet, and the world is naturally rich.
In the dark night when you can't see your five fingers, surrounded by mountains, sleeping with the sound of the babbling water of the mountain stream is a wonderful feeling, the world inside the tent is quiet, and the world outside the tent is lively.
The first bird song in the morning woke up the whole mountain forest, and also woke up me who was asleep, and the little friend who was on duty at night had already entered the tent and slept steadily. I washed my face with a mountain spring in the morning, and the coolness of early autumn woke me up, who was still sleepy. At this moment, there is no master in the mountains, as long as you want, the whole mountain forest is mine.
The white-fronted swallowtail got up and inadvertently drifted past my eyes, stopping at the upper reaches of the mountain stream, making melodious calls from time to time. Immediately after, the red-billed blue magpie became noisy, jumping between the tree branches not far away, and its good appearance offset its unpleasant voice.
White-capped brook Plover
Far away, like hearing the voice of an old friend, I suddenly recognized the cry of the white-capped brook plover, clear and long. Of course, I also knew that another pair of old friends was coming.
Red-tailed Water Plover (Male)
Sure enough, on the gravel of the stream not far away, a pair of red-tailed waterplants are dancing and telling each other their love. The male indigo blue upper body falls generously, the orange tail feathers open and close from time to time, the female looks very low-key, often hidden between the rocks, fortunately, the female bird's tail feathers will also open and close from time to time, it is not difficult to find its traces on closer inspection. There are also willow warblers and that chirp and move between treetops, making it impossible to identify their species.
Rock squirrel
Encountered three rock squirrels, next to the stream, at the foot of the mountain and between the rocks, I don't know if they are the same one, they are all a glimpse, look at each other for a moment, and disappear in the blink of an eye.
All encounters go with the flow, it is enough, not extravagant.
Natural connections
A friend once told me that she had enrolled her child in a drawing interest class, and one day the child came home and said to her, "Mom, today the teacher taught us to draw woodpeckers, but I have never seen a real woodpecker." "Friends are sad, and I'm sad.
We often refer to the word "nature deficit disorder", and our children lack a link to nature. But is it really our children who lack opportunities to get along with nature? I don't think so. Just as babies don't know how to express their thoughts, our children just don't learn how to get along with nature, how to appreciate nature, and discover the wisdom and beauty of nature.
The more parks are built in the city, the ecology is not as good as the wilderness, but as long as the guidance is appropriate, children can also wander the nature and enjoy the nature.
This summer I saw countless cicadas molting in the yard of the community, as well as a black-winged grasshopper that failed to feather. Eleven species of birds have been recorded in the residential area, and 7 species of occasional forest birds and water birds have been recorded. The gates of nature have never been closed to anyone, and like our children, we have only not yet found the key to open the magical gates of nature.
From today on, be a happy person. Start at the doorstep of your home, pay attention, observe, record, embrace nature, and always be grateful, awe, appreciate, and learn.
Nature is no better than the square inches under your feet.
List of species in Xisigou
plant
1. Trichosanthes cucumeroides Cucumeroides Cucurbiaceae, Genus Lilou;
2. Impatiens noli-tangere Linn. Hydrangeae, genus Hydrangeae;
3. Pterodactyl Impatiens pterosepala Hook. f. Hydrangeae, genus Hydrangeae;
4. Paederia scandens, Genus Suiyagi;
5. Antenoron filiforme Tateshina, genus Goldenrod;
6. Tateshina Polygonum posumbu Tateshina, genus Tateshina;
7. Gansi Sage Salvia przewalskii Maxim. Labialaceae, Sage genus;
8. Plantagenet commelina communis Duck plantaceae, Plantagenetae;
9. Acid syrup Physalis alkekengi L. Solanaceae, Syrup spp.;
10. Xanthium sibiricum Patrin ex Widder Asteraceae, genus Spp.;
11. Agastache rugosa lipaceae, Genus Oleifera;
12. Chinese Kiwi Actinidia chinensis Planch. Kiwi family, Kiwi genus;
13. Agrimonia pilosa Ldb. Rosaceae, genus Diplodocus;
14. A plant of the Asteraceae family
15. Aconitum is a plant of the genus Aconitum
insect
1. Achillidesbianor Cramer Butterfly, Genus Pterophora;
2. Papilio macilentus Butterfly, Genus Butterfly;
3. Broad-tailed butterfly Agehana elwesi Butterfly family, genus Broad-tailed butterfly;
4. Old Leopard Butterfly Argyronome laodice Butterfly Family, Leopard Butterfly Genus;
5. Large purple butterfly Sasakia charonda butterfly family, purple butterfly genus;
6. Butterfly Pieris rapae Linne Butterfly family, genus Butterfly;
7. Dark-veined butterfly Pieris napi Pink Butterfly family, Pink Butterfly genus;
Pieris melete (Ménétriès) Butterfly, genus Pink butterfly;
9. Broad-sided yellow-pink butterfly Eurema hecabe pink butterfly family, yellow-pink butterfly genus;
Parnara guttata Bremeret Grey Rhinocephalus, genus Orynata;
11. Curved cuff butterfly Notocrypta curvifascia phylum, Cynophila;
12. Hummingbird hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum family, genus of long-beaked moths;
13. Bombyliidae Bee flies, genus Bee flies;
14. Cephalaeschna patrorum Needham, genus Cephalaeschna;
15. Rhabdomy golden spider Argiope bruennich round arachnidaceae, genus Golden spider;
16. Platypleura kaempferi cicada family, genus Aphidata;
birds
1. Rhyacornis fuliginosus Plover family, genus Hydra;
2. White-capped brook Ploveris chaimarrornis leucocephalus Thrush, genus White-capped brook Plover;
3. White-fronted swallowtail Enicurus leschenaulti Grebe, swallowtail genus;
4. Red-billed blue magpie Urocissa erythroryncha Crow family, blue magpie genus;
5. Grey Magpie Cyanopica cyana Crow family, Grey Magpie genus;
6. Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos, genus Crow;
Mammals
1. Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias davidianus Squirrel family, Rock Squirrel genus.