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Buck Creek Barrens Early Fall 2025 Images |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Buck Creek Barrens Early Fall 2025 Images |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| 1 - Mid September 2025 It was time to see how the late summer - early fall blooms were coming along. |
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| Canada Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) |
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| Large leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| Large leaf Grass of Parnassus |
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| Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| This autumn species was just beginning to flower. |
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| More Large leaf Grass of Parnassus |
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| Large leaf Grass of Parnassus with a bee in one of the flowers. |
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| Mountain Pepperbush (Clethra acuminata) |
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| Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) |
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| Rhiannon's Aster (Symphyotrichum rhiannon) |
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| Curtiss' Milkwort, aka Appalachian Milkwort (Senega curtissii) |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua complex) These were just coming into flower. |
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| Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) I knew I was too early to catch these in full flower, but did find a few flowers just beginning to bloom. |
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| Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) |
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| Silverrod, aka White Goldenrod (Solidago bicolor) |
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| Appalachian Gentian, aka Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora) |
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| Appalachian Gentian, aka Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora) |
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| Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula) |
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| Stiff Gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia) |
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| Southern Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides) well past its prime... |
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| American Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua complex) As with the earlier example, these were just coming into flower. |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua complex) |