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Coweeta Hydrologic Lab - 6 July 2017 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Lab - 6 July 2017 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
| Late July 2017 Exploration: |
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| Small Green Wood Orchid (Platanthera clavellata) One of a group of about ten, this was the first plant to come into bloom. |
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| Yellow-Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) Another orchid that was just coming into bloom here. |
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| I prefer to call them Orange-Fringed Orchids (vs. Yellow...). |
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| Field Milkwort (Polygala sanguinea) |
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| Field Milkwort, flower detail |
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| Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) |
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| Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) |
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| Pale Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana) |
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| A variety of butterflies puddling along the road. |
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| Dayflower (Commelina sp.) |
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| Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum) were still blooming in profusion. |
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| St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum stragulum, syn. Hypericum hypericoides var. multicaule) |
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| Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum) Although we saw several plants with flower stalks, this single flower was the only one that had fully opened. |
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| Downy False Foxglove (Aureolaria virginica) One of the nicer specimens I have seen; most have brown discoloration on the petals. |
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| Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
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| Southern Harebell, individual flower. |
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| Skunk Meadow Rue (Thalictrum revolutum) |
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| Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium) |
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| New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor) on Phlox |
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| Hover Fly (family Syrphidae) on Tickseed (Coreopsis sp.) flower. |
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| Starry Campion (Silene stellata) |
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| One of the Mountain Mints (Pycnanthemum sp.) |
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| Eastern Bottle-brush Grass (Elymus hystrix) |
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| Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) |
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| More Downy Skullcap |
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| Skullcap and Thimbleweed |
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| Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetias egle) on Poke Milkweed |
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| Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) |
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| Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) |
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| A couple of deep red Turk's Cap Lilies |
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| American Germander (Teucrium canadense) |
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| Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) |
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| Timber Rattler |
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| Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
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| Virgin's Bower, showing vine characteristics |
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| White Bergamot, aka Basil Bee Balm (Monarda clinopodia) |