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Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens, Clay Co., NC Fall 2017 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
| Mid October, 2017: |
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| Small cascades on Chestnut Branch, adjacent to the Barrens |
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| Old Man's Beard (Usnea sp.) |
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| Soapwort Gentians (Gentiana saporia) |
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| Some bent & twisted Canadian Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) |
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| Gone to seed... |
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| Curtiss' Milkwort (Polygala curtissii) Previously incorrectly identified here as Polygala nuttallii. |
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| Some fall color was starting to be seen from the Barrens: |
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| Doe Knob |
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| Yellow Mountain |