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Mountain Seeps April-May 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Mountain Seeps April-May 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| Late April: I led Richard and Teresa Ware from GA BotSoc on a visit to see the Glade Spurge. I've been told that this site is the only known occurrence of this species in Georgia. While I had seen it here in prior years, I had never caught it in bloom... |
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| Glade Spurge (Euphorbia purpurea) in habitat |
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| Glade Spurge flowers |
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| Glade Spurge flowers |
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| Flower detail |
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| May 17: I wanted to check on the spring blooms, prior to a BotSoc field trip the following week... |
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| The Glade Spurge (Euphorbia purpurea) was going to seed...
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| Lily-leaved Twayblades (Liparis liliifolia) were just putting out buds. None of the other orchid species I saw had buds yet, much less be close to blooming... |
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| Eastern Gray Beardtongue (Penstemon canescens) with whitish flowers. |
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| Eastern Gray Beardtongue with the pink flowers that are more prevalent at this site. |
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| Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) and a bug. |
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| Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) |
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| American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis) These plants persist as a large rosette of basal leaves for 5-20 years before finally bolting as a large flowering plant 3-8 feet tall for a single season, then dying. |
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| I love the unusual flowers on this plant, with the fringed nectar pads that occur in the middle of each corolla lobe. |
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| May 25: I led a group from the GA Botanical Society to some of my favorite late spring - early summer spots at the Seeps. This was the second stop on the field trip and it was a bit hot out in the open sun with the record-breaking heat wave we were having. We were about a week early for some of the best blooming, but still saw some good stuff. |
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| Red-ring Milkweed, aka White Milkweed (Asclepias variegata) and Sweat Bee (Augochlora sp?) |
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| We found a couple of Lily-leaved Twayblades (Liparis liliifolia) in bloom None were large, but this was the biggest. |
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| Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa, in bud and bloom |
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| Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) |
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| Sundrop, aka Yellow Evening Primrose (Oenothera sp.) |
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| Skullcap (Scutellaria sp.) |
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| Another Skullcap (Scutellaria sp.) Some of the Skullcaps we saw looked unusual, but we didn't key them out. |
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| A raggedy specimen of Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), but it was the only one I saw. |
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| Phlox species |
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| Colicroot (Aletris farinosa) |
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| It was a good spring for Vasevine, aka Leatherflower (Clematis viorna) |
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| Clematis viorna |
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| Clematis viorna |
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| Clematis viorna |
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| Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.) |
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| Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) |
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| May 29: I made a return visit four days later, to look for Liparis loeselii, the Widelipped Twayblade orchid that we saw last year, but didn't see on the BotSoc field trip. I didn't see any again, but took a few more pics while I was there... |
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| Butterfly Weed |
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| Butterfly Weed |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) |
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| Clasping Milkweed |
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| Red-ring Milkweed |
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| Red-ring Milkweed |