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Mountain Bog GA5HE - August 2019 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Mountain Bog GA5HE - August 2019 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| Upon looking for the album in which to add these photos, I realized that I had not suitably photographed this bog on my earlier visits... I believe this is Georgia's largest bog. I hadn't visited in summer, and saw lots of species that weren't up during my earlier visits. |
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| Near the bog sits a fireplace ruin at old home site |
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| Rear of fireplace / chimney. |
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| Groundnut (Apios americana) |
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| Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) |
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| Cuthbert's Turtlehead (Chelone cuthbertii) |
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| This species is classified as Rare - Threatened in Georgia |
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| A large bee struggles to force open the almost closed lips of a flower to climb inside. |
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| Silver Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) feeding on Cuthbert's Turtlehead |
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| St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides) |
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| A pair of Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) flowers. |
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| Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor) |
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| Yellow/Orange Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) |
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| Another Platanthera ciliaris |
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| Platanthera ciliaris - flower detail |
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| Another bee struggles to force open the almost closed lips of the flower to climb inside and pollinate. |
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| The Turtleheads had really just started to bloom. |
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| The population is doing quite well at this site. |
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| Southern Lobelia (Lobelia amoena) |
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| New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) One of the common bog plants... |
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| Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) An even more common bog plant... |