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General Buck Creek Vicinity Spring 2026 Wildflower Walk Page 2 of 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
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General Buck Creek Vicinity Spring 2026 Wildflower Walk Page 2 of 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
| Part 2 - Same day, late April 2026 After completing our Buck Creek explorations, we headed west toward the general Glade Gap vicinity: |
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| Showy Orchis (Galearis spectablis) |
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| The Showy Orchis was pretty much at peak bloom here. |
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| Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |
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| One-flowered Cancer Root (Orobanche uniflora) This plant is parasitic; it can be locally abundant, although not common. |
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| Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) |
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| Rose Twisted Stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus) A very uncommon species in our area. The only other location that I've seen it is on Brasstown Bald. |
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| Yellow Mandarin, aka Fairy Bells (Prosartes lanuginosa) |
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| Vasey's Trillium (Trillium vaseyii) |
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| Foamflower (Tiarella austrina) |
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| Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Aging flowers of Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Another aging pink-flowered Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) |
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| Speckled Wood Lily (Clintonia umbellulata) |
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| Speckled Wood Lily - flower cluster |
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| Another Clintonia inflorescence |
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| The Canada Mayflowerrs in this area were more fully in bloom. |
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| White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) |
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| Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) flowers, still in bud. |
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| Buttercups (Ranunculus species) |
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| Our wildflower hike group Back to Page 1 of the Wildflower Walk |