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Assorted / Misc. Botanical Finds 2022 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2022) |
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Assorted / Misc. Botanical Finds 2022 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2022) |
| Botanical finds photographed during various short expeditions in 2022. These visits are in addition to the other wildflower albums found on our website. 1 - Union County, GA - April 2022 I was planning to visit my "go-to" location for Goldenseal, but heard that the population of plants there had been all torn up by something. Maybe hogs, but hopefully not poachers. I decided to check another population. The plants here were looking pretty good, but I did see hog sign close by. |
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| I found a couple of patches of Goldenseal; neither patch was very thick with plants. |
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| Goldenseal flower (Hydrastis canadensis) |
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| Goldenseal is ranked S2 (Endangered) in Georgia |
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| Goldenseal |
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| I came across several nice populations of ramps (Allium tricoccum). |
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| A lot of folks don't know that ramps produce flowers. Here's the spent umbel from one of last year's flowers. |
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| Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) I only saw a few of these here, and only 1-2 had fully bloomed. This one only had two flowers but was further along than others. |
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| Bear Corn (Conopholis americana) A common parasitic plant, but I like to photograph them when I see a nice clump. |
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| Foamflower (Tiarella nautila) Until recently, these had been classified as Tiarella cordifolia, but have now been split into five species. |
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| Carolina Silverbells (Halesia carolina) |
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| Carolina Silverbells |
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| 2 - Union County, GA - Late May, 2022 Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria) is rare in Georgia, with just a handful of recorded occurrences. My friend Rod spotted this population last year, and we photographed them in late May / early June. With clear skies, the mid-day sun was relentless today; luckily I had an umbrella for a sun shade. Here's a sampling of the 30-40 flowering plants I saw... |
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| A trio of Cleistesiopsis bifaria flowers |
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| Same trio, from another angle |
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| The flower colors range from white to pink |
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| A cluster of eight flowering stalks. Only seven are visible here, the other is just out of the frame at upper right. |
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| A view of the inside of the Pogonia's corolla |
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| This may be too many pics of these orchids, so I'll end here! For 2021 Cleistesiopsis bifaria photos from this site, scroll to the end of this page: Spring 2021 Assorted Botanical Finds |