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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring & Early Summer 2020 (ES) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring & Early Summer 2020 (ES) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| 1) May 18, 2020: |
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| Pitcher plant flower |
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| This was the most floriferous clump of Green Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia oreophila) I saw today. For some reason, the other clumps had fewer flowers than usual... |
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| A nice pair... |
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| Flowers were at peak, although not as many blooms as recent years. |
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| 2) June 10, 2020: |
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| Colicroot (Aletris farinosa) |
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| Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta) |
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| Bladderwort Like the pitcher plants, there were fewer blooms than last year... |
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| Ten-angled Pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) |
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| Pitcher plants |
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| Pitcher flowers |
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| 3) June 27, 2020: |
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| Rice Button Aster, aka Bushy Aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum) |
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| Bog Candles (Lysimachia terrestris) |
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| Flower of Spoonleaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia) |
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| Most of the Sundews were still in bud... |
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| Cross-Leaf Milkwort (Polygala cruciata), just starting to bloom |
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| Ten-angled Pipewort, aka Hatpins (Eriocaulon decangulare) |
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| Woodland Flax (Linum virginianum) |
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| Virginia Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica) |
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| Looking down on a trio of Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta) flowers |
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| One of the Eupatorium species... |
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| Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) |
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| Sarracenia flower, going to seed... |
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| Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) |
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| 4) July 28, 2020: |
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| Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis) These are one of the smaller Spiranthes species found in this region... |
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| Slender Marsh Pink (Sabatia campanulata) |
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| There were still a (very) few Bladderworts in bloom. |
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| Cross-Leaf Milkwort |