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Corundum Knob Summer 2025 Botanizing |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Corundum Knob Summer 2025 Botanizing |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| 1 - Late July, 2025 After spending a little time around Buck Creek, I headed up to the FS Road at Corundum Knob. |
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| Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) |
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| Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) |
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| Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) |
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| Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum) These were just beginning to bloom; most were still in bud. |
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| White Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) |
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| Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum) |
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| White Baneberry, aka Doll's Eyes (Actaea pachypoda) |
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| Turk's Cap Lilies (Lilium superbum) |
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| Appalachian Oak Leach (Aureolaria levigata) in bud. |
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| I've noticed over the years that one needs to photograph these Oak Leaches as soon as they flower, since it doesn't take long before the flower edges start to turn brown. |
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| Tickseed (Coreopsis major) ? |
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| The parasitic Buffalo Nut (Pyrularia pubera) |
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| Scaly Chanterelle (Turbinellus floccosus) I had never seen this type of Chanterelle before. NOT good for eating, from what I understand. |
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| Sunflowers (Helianthus species) |
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| Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) These were on their way out, but some were still in flower. |