Logo Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens, Clay Co., NC
Fall 2017
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Copyright (2017)

Mid October, 2017:

Chestnut_Br
Small cascades on Chestnut Branch, adjacent to the Barrens


Old_Mans_Beard
Old Man's Beard   (Usnea sp.)


Gentians
Soapwort Gentians   (Gentiana saporia)


Rhododendron
Some bent & twisted Canadian Burnet   (Sanguisorba canadensis)


Seed-ball
Gone to seed...


Polygala
Curtiss' Milkwort   (Polygala curtissii)
Previously incorrectly identified here as Polygala nuttallii.




Some fall color was starting to be seen from the Barrens:

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Doe Knob


Yellow_Mtn_foliage
Yellow Mountain



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