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Elizabethton, TN at the foot of Holston Mtn near Hwy 91N

A spider built his nest on my deck. A strange spider, he is. Anyone know his name? The smaller pix on the right is his back.

We will watch it through the Spring. With the seasonal pixes, it should be easier to ID.

Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the response, ballengerb1. The tree is about 5 ft from the eduge my driveway and I am sure I would have notice those white flowers. No, neither I nor my DW recall any white flowers. The...

This small tree has vivid leaf color. Googling 100 pages of tree lead images returned nothing to indicate the tree's name. No doubt you folks can help.

Thanks.

DH & I live off a wooded area surrounding two sides. Summer before last, the area was deafening from the love calls of jar flies. A walk through the woods would find the little rascals sitting on...

Dang! You guys are good. <g> That's him. He looks a lot better without his legs all tangled up. Not sure he'll live but I couldn't kill him.

Thanks a lot.

Not sure this is the forum but you guys have been great in ID'ng things for me.

While outside admiring the Iron Weed you folks ID'd for me, I felt something on my arm - rubbed it and then notice...

Hadn't made that connection but I don't think so. That said, Iron Mountain may have gotten it's name from the flower itself. Wikipedia provide more info.

Vernonia noveboracensis - Wikipedia,...

Thanks. Yours and the other responses were much quicker than I anticipated. I've told my circle of friends about the quality of the questions and the responses I've read here. It's a great source...

At the 2200 ft on the SW side of Holston Mtn. Our house faces NE with our deck facing Iron Mountain in the SE. This is in the extreme NE corner of TN. Cross Mtn connects Holston and Iron Mtn where...

There are numerous flowers with multiple stems growing 6 or more feet tall in our yard and adjacent field. There are literally beautiful. Can't ID them with Google. No doubt the experts here will...

<g> No way I could be certain these are fully grown rats. I've never seen any larger and have been seeing them for a year or so now. I finally decided to wage war against them because I couldn't...

I understand and appreciate what you're telling me but I cannot find any references where Norway rats grow to something slightly larger than the common field mouse. If you could provide a...

I looked closer at this rat, having killed 3 since I posted. As previously posted, the first rat was a male. All the others were female. All females are the same size at 6 inch body and 3 inch...

Wife feeds the birds and it has attracted a cute rat. It's brown and it's body is twice the length of his tail. I am using a .177 pellet and got one male and one female. There are still two...

Good information. Copied to my friends. Have a great day KUXJ

Kudos to you, KUXJ. You've save the day!! Japanese Clover? One URL advised how to get <seeds> and grow the stuff. Interesting!! Why would anyone want to <grow> that stuff? <g>

It appears...

These 4 additional jpg's should be sufficient info to ID this pesky little critter. KUXJ may well have ID's it.

This is the closest yet. Might just be it. My AL friend has more mature flowers (I have none yet probably because it's cooler in NE TN).
Thanks.

Sorry for the double posts. I used a bookmark going directly to my posting and it stopped updating. :-(

A friend sent me the attached jpg of the weed growing in his yard in North Alabama near Huntsville.

My friend in Athens, AL provided this close up of the flower. If it can't be ID now, I'm out of luck. :-(

Thanks to all who tried.

A friend in Athens, AL where I used to live apparently has found the same weed in his yard. It's warmer down there than in NE TN and his has flowers. The light purple flower with a darker area is...

Returned to the large area shown in one of the pixes above looking for a flower but couldn't find one. The flowers I found yesterday was near another bush and it's possible the flower was not part...

Thanks for the response.
I originally said there were no blossoms but I stand corrected. Today, I found some older growth and it had a few very small (1/4 inch dia) blossoms in a horn shape....

I thought you'd got it this time. <g> Spotted Spurge came close. I've taken two more jpgs of the individual stem showing leaf detail and included the Spotted Spurge.

Thanks for the response. I thought it was carpet weed also but the close up leaves of my weed and the carpet weed don't appear to match as the attached reveals.

My yard has a weed which grows like a carpet and spreads quickly. It has no flowers or buds so apparently spreads via the roots. Can anyone tell me what this weed is called and how is it...