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Mountain Bog GA2HA - August 2017 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
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Mountain Bog GA2HA - August 2017 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
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| Cuthbert's Turtlehead (Chelone cuthbertii) |
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| Water-filled leaves (pitchers) of Montane Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea var montana) Wire fencing has been staked over sensitive plants to prevent wild hog devastation. |
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| Purple Pitcher Plant flowers going to seed |
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| Seed head |
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| We found a couple of late flowers still in bloom |
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| Cuthbert's Turtlehead |
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| Insect in one of the pitchers |
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| White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) |
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| Cowbane (Oxypolis sp.) |
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| Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) rosettes |
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| Cuthbert's Turtlehead |
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| Another late blooming pitcher plant flower. The wire fencing is to keep out rooting hogs, which have devastated this area. |
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| Southern Lobelia (L. amoena) |
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| Netted Chain Fern (Woodwardia areolata) |
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| View of the mountain bog habitat. |