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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring - Early Summer 2020 (RBM) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring - Early Summer 2020 (RBM) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| May 18, 2020: |
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| The Green Pitcher Plants seemed less mature than they usually are at this date. Likely due to a combination of a cool, wet spring and a late prescribed burn... |
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| Overall, flowering stalks were scarce relative to recent years. Oddly, this group (one of very few) had lots of buds... |
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| There were only a few plants with open flowers... |
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| June 10, 2020: Today's search was for orchids! |
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| Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera) |
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| I located about ten plants in nice bloom... |
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| Flower detail |
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| It's not easy to detect these plants in the tall meadow... |
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| Colicroot (Aletris farinosa) |
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| June 27, 2020: This day was going well until I got soaked in a sudden downpour! Fortunately, it was my third and final stop of three sites... |
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| Lanceleaf Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) |
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| Helmet Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) |
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| Pencil-flower (Stylosanthes biflora) |
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| Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) |
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| Southern Sundrop (Oenothera fruticosa) |
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| Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) |
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| Butterfly Weed Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) |
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| Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Asclepias tuberosa |
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| Pale Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana) |
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| Virginia Yellow Flax (Linum virginianum) |
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| Ten-angled Pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) |
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| Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum) |
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| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |