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Chestnut Branch Spring 2023 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
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Chestnut Branch Spring 2023 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| Early April I was making my first Spring 2023 visit to four sites in this general vicinity. So of course I went over to revisit my favorite sedge. |
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| Fraser's Sedge (Carex fraseriana) |
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| Fraser's Sedge flowers |
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| A pair of inflorescences |
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| The male flowers are on top, female flowers in the lower portion. |
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| Another nice bunch of Carex fraseriana |
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| One more flower stalk |
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| Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) |
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| Another Hepatica, showing color variation in the petals |
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| Another color variety |
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| Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) The flowers had already closed in late afternoon... |
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| Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) |