Logo Coweeta Hydrologic Lab - 4
June 2017
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June 2017 Explorations:

Whorled_Loosestrife
Whorled Loosestrife   (Lysimachia quadrifolia)


Cliff_Saxifrage
Cliff Saxifrage, aka Michaux's saxifrage
(Hydatica petiolaris, syn. Micranthes petiolaris)



Platanthera
Small Purple Fringed Orchids - still blooming but on their way out.


Platanthera
Orchid flower detail.


Colicroot
Colicroot   (Aletris farinosa)


Canada_Rockcress
Sickle-pod Rock Cress   (Boechera canadensis)


Canada_Rockcress
Close-up of the flowers


Twayblade
Lily-leaved Twayblade Orchid   (Liparis liliifolia)


Poke_Milkweed
Summer Bluets   (Houstonia purpurea)


Aniseroot
Aniseroot   (Osmorhiza longistylis)


Purple_Raspberry
Purple Flowering Raspberry   (Rubus odoratus)


Rockhouse_Cliffs
Nice cliffs at Rockhouse Knob


Galax
Galax   (Galax urceolata)


Stinkhorn
Dog Stinkhorn   (Mutinus elegans {or caninus})


Tassel-Rue
Tassel Rue, aka False Bugbane   (Trautvetteria caroliniensis)


Beardtongue
Eastern Gray Beardtongue, aka Appalachian Beardtongue   (Penstemon canescens)


False_Flowering_Spurge
False Flowering Spurge   (Euphorbia pubentissima)


Cow_Wheat
Cow Wheat   (Melampyrum lineare)


Sundrops
Sundrop   (Oenothera fruticosa)


Indian_Pipes
Indian Pipes, aka Ghost Plant, Corpse Plant   (Monotropa uniflora)


Veratrum_viride
False hellebore, aka Indian Poke   (Veratrum viride)
This was the only plant I found flowering on this day.



Veratrum_viride
Flower close-up


Veratrum_viride
A week later, the Veratrum stalks were blooming nicely


Fire_Pink
Fire Pink   (Silene virginica)


Poke_Milkweed
Poke Milkweed   (Asclepias exaltata)


Poke_Milkweed
Poke Milkweed - flower detail


Poke_Milkweed
Poke Milkweed - another flower detail


Pink_Bluets
Pink Summer Bluets(?)


Mossy_Downed_Tree
Mossy downed tree



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