July 6 and 7

Yesterday (aka the day I mistook two endemic species for common roadside weeds), I went back to Taeha to try and find some new trails.  I took a path and ended up going through some nice forest - lots of Camellia - and ended up at Taeha lighthouse.  I adventured a little bit before going back to Taeha and walked the highway to another little town.

Today I went back to the natural air conditioner near Cheonbu and then spent a while in a coffee shop sorting out my plants into categories (I'm almost done, I just have to list all the dicot herbs).  

I've noticed something kind of odd about the island: the north shore seems hotter and dryer than the south shore.  Here's my theory:

Weather moves from south to north here (jet stream and all that)

There are lots of mountains any moisture has to pass over to get to the other side

Considering both of these points, I think there's a slight rainshadow effect here that causes slightly more rain to fall on the south side of the island

Pseudolysimachion nakaianum - I thought this was just a Veronica at first (which unless it's Veronica takesimense would just be a weed) so imagine my surprise when it turned out to be an endemic species

Another butterfly - you'd think I was getting bored of them, but no

Songgot (needle rock) 

That rock jutting out of the water supports a colony of Juniperus chinensis and is listed as a natural monument because of it's unusual ecology 

One of the symbols of the island at Taeha lighthouse

Aww...saw a whole family of these guys today - about 5 or 6 individuals

Thalictrum thunbergii

Lilium lancifolium

Circium inundatum - another endemic that looks like a weed

Albizia julibrissin - all of a sudden all of them are in bloom. Pea family, really cool flowers

Robinia pseudoacacia

Giant windmill. I approve

Pueraria thunbergiana

I just really don't understand what this is. I've seen the shrub everywhere but this is the first time I've seen the flower and I'm immensely confused because the seed pod and flower would indicate Theaceae but the leaves would not and it doesn't appear to be in any of my guides 

Hemerocallis fulva