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Mountain Bog GA5HE - October 2019 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA GPCA Work Day |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Mountain Bog GA5HE - October 2019 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA GPCA Work Day |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| This day's effort consisted of removal of invasive non-native species, and mapping of other populations for future eradication. There were still some fall wildflowers blooming at the bog. |
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| Our work crew... |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses orchids (Spiranthes cernua) The few I found blooming in the bog were past their prime... |
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| Soapwort Gentians (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| Gentian with a crab spider |
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| There were quite a few of these Gentians out in the bog. These are just a few examples... |
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| On our way in to the bog, we had noticed many Spiranthes blooming along the roadside. There were hundreds, if not several thousand... |
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| These were in fresher condition than the ones in the bog. |
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| Lots of Curtis's Milkwort (Polygala curtissii) was growing among the Spiranthes. |