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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park Rock Outcrops, Glades and Seeps |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2014-2015) |
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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park Rock Outcrops, Glades and Seeps |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2014-2015) |
| Including some unusual plants that grow in these specialized environments (at bottom of page)... |
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| Big Kennesaw from a rocky glade on the slope of Little Kennesaw |
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| Rocky glade on a slope near the base of Big Kennesaw |
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| Glade off Brumby Trail, Big Kennesaw at rear |
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| Rock outcrop, also off Brumby Trail, east of Pigeon Hill. |
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| Glade with yucca and cedars, SW slope of Big Kennesaw |
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| Many of the rock outcrops on Big & Little Kennesaw contain wet-season seeps: |
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| Seep at rock glade, east slope of Little Kennesaw |
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| Seep at rock glade on west side of Little Kennesaw. |
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| Another seep on west slope of Little Kennesaw |
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| Spring behind Big Kennesaw, outflowing into a mossy seep |
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| Rock Outcrop, west side of Little Kennesaw. |
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| Autumn view from same outcrop, looking west |
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| Rare Plant Communities Some uncommon & threatened plants are found at the outcrops and seeps in the park: |
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Elf Orpine (Diamorpha smallii) |
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| Several weeks after the previous image... |
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| Elf Orpine flowering in April |
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| Flower detail |
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| Piedmont Quillwort (Isoetes piedmontana) |
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| Massed Quillwort |
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| Pool Sprite, aka Snorklewort (Gratiola amphiantha) |
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| This depression in the rock (approx. 5 sq. feet) holds the only colony here of this rare plant. |
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| Pool Sprite in bud/flower; it was raining... |
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| Unidentified aquatic plant (foreground), with diamorpha at rear |