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Towns Co. - Mountain Seeps Early Fall 2025 Visits |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Towns Co. - Mountain Seeps Early Fall 2025 Visits |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| 1 - Mid September 2025 After botanizing near Trackrock Gap, I visited the Seeps to see how the early fall flowering was coming along. |
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| Kidney-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia asarifolia) One of the two Parnassia species growing here. |
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| Another common name for this Parnassia species is Appalachian Grass of Parnassus. |
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| Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme) |
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| Purple Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) |
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| One of the Orbweaver spiders. I saw scores of the invasive Joro spiders as I walked through the woods, so it was nice to see a large native. |
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| Southern Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum) |
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| Southern Monkshood |
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| Southern Monkshood |
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| Bush Clover (Lespedeza species) |
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| Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| This species is the other, less common, Parnassia here. |
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| Blue Curls (Trichostema dichotomum) |
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| These were a new one for me, although I have probably seen the plants before. The flowers are TINY, about 3/16", and only bloom for half a day, opening in mid-morning and falling off by mid afternoon. |
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| The flowers were falling off as I was photographing them. The blooms are so small that I had to shoot an image and then blow it up on my camera display to see what they even looked like! |
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| 2 - October 4, 2025 After monitoring Georgia's only remaining Fringed Gentian site, I stopped by the Seeps to see if the Soapwort Gentians were in flower. |
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| A group of Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) and a Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua) |
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| Beautiful Soapwort Gentians (Gentiana saponaria) and a single Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| Soapwort Gentians (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| I love the vivid blue color of this species. |
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| Maryland Golden Aster (Chrysopsis mariana) |
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| Maryland Golden Aster - side view |