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Corundum Knob & vicinity, Clay Co., NC 2021 |
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Corundum Knob & vicinity, Clay Co., NC 2021 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021) |
| 1 - Mid July, 2021 I visited the FS Road at Corundum Knob to check on two species. Unfortunately, I was too early for the Lilium superbum (still in bud), and the Melanthium hybridum (which is always a reluctant bloomer) did not put up any flower stalks this year. |
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| Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia sp.) |
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| Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii) in bud. |
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| Leaf whorl of Carolina Lily Showing the distinctive obovate leaves (as opposed to the narrower lanceolate leaves of Turk's Cap Lilies). |
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| Lobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) Technically, not a mushroom but a parasite on another mushroom species... |
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| 2 - Late July, 2021 One week later, I made another visit to check on the two Lily species. The Carolina Lily was still in bud, but the Turk's Caps were in full bloom! |
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| Arriving at my usual parking area by the gate, I was greeted by this mess! It takes a special breed of Pathetic Loser to drive a couple of miles up a Forest Service road so that you can dump a load of your trash. It looks like this flaming a**hole moron finished a bathroom remodel, and couldn't be bothered disposing of the debris like a civilized human... |
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| Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma) |
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| A nice example of Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum)! |
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| Turk's Cap Lily - flower detail |
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| 3 - August 1, 2021 A week later, I revisited to check on the Carolina Lily, but it was STILL in bud! Unfortunately, there is only a single plant, with the one flower... |
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| View from the Barrens area of Corundum Knob |
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| Fairybells (Stenanthium gramineum) in the western Barrens |
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| I was surprised to find a pair of Yellow Fringed Orchids growing in a wooded rock-hounding area. |
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| Yellow Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaria) - flower detail |
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| There were still some nice Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum) in bloom. |
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| 4 - August 16, 2021 A little over two weeks later... Well, the Carolina Lily finally flowered, but I missed its peak bloom time. Luckily, I had caught another in bloom at a different site the previous week... |
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| Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii) A little past its prime... |
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| Southern Harebells (Campanula divaricata) |
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| Southern Harebell - flower detail |
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| Southern Harebell - flower detail |
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| Southern Harebells (Campanula divaricata) |
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| Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), going to seed |
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| One of the Dodders (Cuscata sp.) in flower, with a snail |
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| Purple Flowered Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) |
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| Purple Flowered Raspberry, with a bee pollinator The bee never stopped hovering, and it was getting dark, so not the sharpest image... |