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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Summer 2017 (RBM) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
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Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Summer 2017 (RBM) |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
| Early July 2017: |
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| Slender Marsh Pink, aka Slender Rose Gentian (Sabatia campanulata) |
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| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
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| Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum) |
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| Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra) |
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| Curtiss' Milkwort (Polygala curtissii) |
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| Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera) Looking somewhat the worse for wear... |
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| Spindleroot (Ludwigia hirtella) |
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| Prairie Bluehearts (Buchnera americana) |
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| Buttonbush |
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| Slender (or Narrowleaf) Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) |
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| Sand Bean, aka Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
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| Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) |
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| Spring Ladies' Tresses - detail |
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| Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) |
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| Late July 2017: |
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| Pale Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana) |
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| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) flower, with a couple of insects - an Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva punctella) and a Silver Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus). |
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Two examples of Sabatia, showing the color variation, from deep rose (above) to white (below)... |
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| New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) |
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| Woodland Flax (Linum virginianum) |
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| Sand Bean |
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| Polygala curtissii |