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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring 2026 (ES) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring 2026 (ES) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
| 1 - May 21, 2026: After monitoring the Green Pitcher Plants at TNC's RBWM on the previous day, I checked out TNC's ES. The upper Pitchers weren't looking that good compared with past years. I only took a few photographs. |
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| Green Pitcher Plant flower (Sarracenia oreophila) |
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| Spoonleaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia) |
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| Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta) |
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| 2 - June 11, 2026: Had a feeling I was too late, but I made a quick visit to see if the Bog Candles were in bloom. As I suspected, they were bloomed out, but I managed to find one decent inflorescence. |
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| Bog Candle (Lysimachia terrestris) inflorescence |
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| Bog Candle - individual flower |
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| Green Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia oreophila) You can see that the upper population is sparser than prior years |
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| Green Pitcher flower |
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| Spoonleaf Sundew (Drosera intermedia) |
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| Eastern Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) |
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| Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta) |