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Fall 2014
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Parnassia_asarifolia
Kidney-leaf Grass of Parnassus   (Parnassia asarifolia)


Monkshood
Southern Monkshood   (Aconitum uncinatum)


NY_Ironweed
New York Ironweed   (Vernonia noveboracensis)


Parnassia_grandifolia
Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus   (Parnassia grandifolia)


Purple_Gerardia
Purple Gerardia   (Agalinis purpurea)


Monkshood
Southern Monkshood   (Aconitum uncinatum)


Black-eyed_Susan
Black-eyed Susan   (Rudbeckia hirta)


Parnassia_asarifolia
Kidney-leaf Grass of Parnassus   (Parnassia asarifolia)


Great_Spangled_Fritillary-Ironweed
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on Ironweed


Ladies_Tresses
Nodding Ladies' Tresses   (Spiranthes cernua)
The buds on this orchid were just starting to open...



Lobelia
Lobelia species


Parnassia_grandifolia
Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus   (Parnassia grandifolia)


Box_Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle   (Terrapene carolina)


Monkshood
Southern Monkshood   (Aconitum uncinatum)


Crawfish
Crawdad / Crawfish / Crayfish / Mudbug


Parnassia_asarifolia
Kidney-leaf Grass of Parnassus   (Parnassia asarifolia)


Tickseed_Sunflower
Tickseed Sunflower   (Bidens aristosa)


Marsh_Eryngo
Blueflower Eryngo   (Eryngium integrifolium)


Heal_all
Heal-all, aka Self-heal  (Prunella vulgaris)


Parnassia_grandifolia
Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus   (Parnassia grandifolia)


Honeysuckle
Japanese Honeysuckle   (Lonicera japonica)
Pretty, but very invasive...



Parnassia_asarifolia
Group of Parnassia asarifolia


Nodding_Ladies_Tresses
Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid


Showy_Gentian
Soapwort Gentian   (Gentiana saponaria)


Stiff_Gentian
Stiff Gentian   (Gentianella quinquefolia)


Parnassia_wo_petals
Parnassia grandifolia, with the flower petals spent and fallen off.
This shows the reproductive parts of the flower very well, especially the 3-lobed staminodia.



Parnassia_grandifolia
Pair of Parnassia grandifolia



Mountain Seeps Index Natural Environments
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