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Mountain Seeps Early Fall 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
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Mountain Seeps Early Fall 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
| Early September: I visited the Seeps to check the progress of the two Grass of Parnassus species that grow there. It was still a little early - just a few P. asarifolia were blooming, and the P. grandifolia were still in bud. |
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| Kidney-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia asarifolia) |
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| Canada Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) |
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| Southern Lobelia (Lobelia amoena) |
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| Late September: I returned to the Seeps two weeks later. The P. grandifolia had started to bloom and the P. asarifolia were at peak. |
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| Large-leafed Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
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| A pair of Parnassia grandifolia |
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| Parnassia grandifolia |
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| A rock covered with Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) |
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| Purple Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) |
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| Spiranthes cernua |
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| Kidney-leafed Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia asarifolia) |
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| Pair of Parnassia asarifolia |
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| Parnassia asarifolia |
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| Another pair of Parnassia asarifolia |
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| Parnassia asarifolia |
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| Early October: A short visit with some botanizing friends. |
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| Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| Sycamore Tussock Moth caterpillar (Halysidota harrisii) |
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| Southern Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum) |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua) |