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Two NC Bogs - Early March 2019 Jackson County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Two NC Bogs - Early March 2019 Jackson County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| After a morning exploration of an extensive Native American soapstone bowl quarry site in SC, Alan C and I checked out a couple of NC bogs to see what was emerging after a wet winter. We didn't expect to see much blooming this early, but did have hopes of finding some Golden Club at the second bog. Bog NC1MD: |
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| Mountain Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
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| Mountain Purple Pitcher Plant |
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| Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) |
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| Spinulose Woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana) A rather uncommon fern in these parts... |
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| Intermediate Woodfern (Dryopteris intermedia) {L}, and Spinulose Woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana) {R}, for comparison. |
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| Bog NC2C: |
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| Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum) |
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| Also known as Floating Arum, Never-wets or Tawkin. |
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| This is another uncommon plant to find around here. |
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| Salamander tadpoles |
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| Close up |
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| Egg masses |
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| Not a bog, but we stopped at a spot on the Chattooga River to photograph an unusual moss: |
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| Sword Moss (Bryoxiphium norvegicum), a relative rarity |
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| Pink Earth Lichen (Dibaeis baeomyces) |