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Buck Creek Barrens September 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Buck Creek Barrens September 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| With a late summer drought, I wasn't sure how the fall wildflowers would be doing at the Barrens. I visited one side of the site on one day, and the other side on the following day. Day 1 - September 2019: |
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| Canada Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) |
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| Curtiss' Milkwort (Polygala curtissii) Previously incorrectly identified here as Polygala nuttallii. |
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| One of the larger Aster (Symphyotrichum sp.) flowers that grow at the Barrens. There are so many Aster species here that I get confused trying to identify them... |
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| Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| I love the deep blue color of this population. |
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| These were looking as good as I've ever seen them. |
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| Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| The Parnassia here was already past its prime... |
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| And I'm sure the recent drought hadn't helped. This genus prefers wet feet... |
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| Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) |
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| Only a few plants were up at this location this year. There was some digging visible at the site; I sure hope it wasn't poachers... |
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| Day 2 - September 2019: |
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| Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) |
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| A pollinator peaking out... |
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| A larger population of Gentians grows here than where I was the day before... |
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| A nice pair |
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A few more examples: |
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| Parnassia grandifolia One of the few decent blooms still remaining at this spot... |
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| Stiff Gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia) Not as showy as the Fringed Gentians, but a nice species to come across... |