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Buck Creek Dunite Barrens Fall 2023 Visits |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
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Buck Creek Dunite Barrens Fall 2023 Visits |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| 1 - Mid September, 2023 Some early fall wildflowers, on both sides of Buck Creek. |
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| Starting on the west side... One of the Goldenrods (Solidago sp.) |
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| Juvenile Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Not exactly a wildflower, but... |
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| Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| Trentepohlia aurea, a species of filamentous terrestrial green alga. I have seen this orange alga growing on this rock since at least 2018. |
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| Canada Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) |
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| Curtiss' Milkwort (Polygala curtissii) |
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| Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
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| Heading over to the east side, I visited the largest of the Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) groupings. |
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| A number of examples of these beautiful flowers follow: |
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| 2 - Late September, 2023 A visit with Tom Govus, Gary Kaufmann, and several other NC USFS botanists, primarily to discuss and observe the state of Gentianopsis after burning. |
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| Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) |
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| I didn't take many photos, since I'd been here shooting 10 days before. |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua) |
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| Soapwort Gentian, aka Harvest Bells (Gentiana saponaria) |