1 - Late July, 2024
It seemed like a good day to visit a few of my favorite mid summer wildflower
spots in the general Buck Creek - Corundum Knob vicinity.
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Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides)
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Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata)
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Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis)
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Spotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctatum)
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Eastern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
There were a few still hanging on, even this late in the year.
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Feather Bells (Stenanthium gramineum)
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Stenanthium gramineum
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Feather Bells - flower detail
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Yellow / Orange Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
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Yellow / Orange Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
The buds on these plants were just starting to open.
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Platanthera ciliaris - flower detail
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Broadleaf White Meadowsweet (Spiraea latifolia)
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Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum)
After moving up to the FS Road that runs from Corundum Knob...
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Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum)
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Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum)
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Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum)
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Crisped Bunchflower (Melanthium hybridum)
They are reluctant bloomers, and the few populations
I have found only seem to bloom every 2-4 years.
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Crisped Bunchflower (Melanthium hybridum)
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Crisped Bunchflower - individual flower detail.
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Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
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Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa)
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Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina), with a daddy long legs.
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Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida)
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2 - Early August, 2024
I hoped to catch a certain Liatris in bloom, but it was still in bud.
So I found a few other subjects...
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Yellow / Orange Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)
The flowers were more open than when I had seen these plants 10 days earlier.
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Canada Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis)
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Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda Didyma)
They were mostly bloomed out for the year.
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This was about the only remaining half-decent patch of Scarlet Beebalm.
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I did find another new (to me) population of Platanthera ciliaris.
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False Coral Fungus (Sebacina sp.?)
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3 - Late August, 2024
Two and a half weeks after my previous visit,
I returned to catch the Liatris in bloom.
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Savanna Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)
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Savanna Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)
I found one large plant and four smaller ones in flower.
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Bee on Savanna Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)
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Tiny Crab Spider on Savanna Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)
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Fall Coral Root Orchid (Corallorhiza odontorhiza)
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Fertile frond of Dissected Grapefern (Sceptridium dissectum)
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Basal frond (leaf) of grapefern
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Fertile frond of another Grapefern (Sceptridium sp.)
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Basal frond (leaf) of grapefern
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