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Corundum Knob, Clay Co., NC Fall 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Corundum Knob, Clay Co., NC Fall 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| 1 - September 24 A quick visit to see what might be blooming... |
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| Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| Another Gentian, with unusually open flowers This is Appalachian Gentian, aka Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora). |
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| There were so many types of Asters blooming, I couldn't begin to identify them from photos. |
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| A spring emerging from under a rock As dry as it had been, I was surprised to see the flow... |
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| Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) |
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| View from Corundum Knob |
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| 2 - September 30 A return visit, one week after the above photos... |
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| Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana) |
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| Just a few flowers remain on this Bugbane (Actaea podocarpa) |
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| Tree with unusual split trunk base |
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| Showy Gentians (Gentiana decora) |
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| I believe this is Rattlesnake Root (Nabalus species) |
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| Close-up of the spent flowers |
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| 3 - October 21 A quick visit to check on the foliage at my favorite Corundum Knob viewpoint... |
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| Starting to see some fall color in this view towards the Tusquitee Range... |