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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring 2019 (ES) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring 2019 (ES) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| 1) May 1, 2019 - First visit of the year |
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| First pitcher plant flower of the year. Six weeks after a prescribed burn, the site was looking good. But we only saw one flower fully opened... |
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| Ferns unfurling... |
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| 2) We returned to the site four days later so that our friend visiting from Oregon could see the pitchers plants in their glory: |
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| Beautiful fern glade Mostly New York Fern, but also Cinnamon Fern, Royal Fern, Marsh Fern and others. |
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| Lotsa pitchers! |
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| Pitcher flower |
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| Pitcher flower |
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| Pitchers in habitat |
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| Pitcher flower |
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| Pitcher plants |
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| Pitcher flower |
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| Pitcher and open trap-door. |
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| Spoonleaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia) |
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| 3) May 23 - A return visit to see what else was flowering: |
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| Still lotsa pitchers! |
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| Examples of several pitcher flowers... |
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| Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta) |
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| Spoonleaf Sundew |
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| Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
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| Pitchers and Colicroot |
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| White Colicroot (Aletris farinosa) |
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| 4) June 1st - Hoping to catch the Bog Candles in bloom! |
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| Bladderwort |
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| This is by far the best I've seen this little colony do. |
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| Bog Candles, aka Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris) |
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| Bog Candles |
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| Bog Candles |
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| Helmet Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) |