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Mountain Bog GA4T - May & June 2019 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Mountain Bog GA4T - May & June 2019 Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| GPCA Bog Conservation Network workday May 2019: |
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| We had a good-sized crew for this work day, clearing brush, etc. |
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| Mountain Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. montana) Also known as the Southern Appalachian Purple Pitcherplant |
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| They were blooming nicely |
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| Carolina Sheep Laurel (Kalmia carolina) - the "other" mountain laurel... |
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| I made a return visit in June with Taylor O. from the USFS to monitor the Small Spreading Pogonias. We found twelve (12) blooming plants, up from five (5) last year. A sampling of images follows: |
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| Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria) flower |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| Three plants in bloom. |
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| Cleistesiopsis bifaria |
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| I think this is a form of Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) |
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| Although the "whorls" consisted of only 3 leaves each... |
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| The Pitcher flowers were going to seed. |
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Examples of the variety in coloring of the pitcher plants... |
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| Japanese Meadowsweet (Spirea japonica) Pretty flowers but very invasive; it used to only be seen along roadsides, but has crept into woods and meadows. |