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Mountain Seeps Summer 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Mountain Seeps Summer 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| July 3, 2020: |
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| Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) Not an uncommon plant, but I rarely find one with a decent flower, so I had to shoot this... |
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| Find of the Day! Virginia Bunchflower (Melanthium virginicum) |
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| This was a first sighting for me - the plant is rather uncommon in these parts. |
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| Flower detail Showing the yellow nectar-secreting glands at the base of each tepal. |
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| As the flowers age, they develop a pinkish tint... |
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| July 14, 2020: |
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| Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) A plant that is seldom seen around here... |
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| Flowering raceme of Culver's Root |
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| Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) was just coming into bloom. |
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| Virginia Agave, aka False Aloe (Manfreda virginica) Another plant that is not common around these parts. |
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| Anthers of Manfreda virginica |
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| There were still a few Calopogon tuberosus in bloom... |
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| Pale Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) |
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| Pale Spiked Lobelia - flower detail |
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| As I was photographing a Milkweed, I noticed this Mantis eating a struggling grasshopper. |
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| August 4, 2020: |
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| Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera peramoena) A small group of us saw 3-4 plants here in May 2018, but the hogs tore up the whole area a month later. I didn't see anything in 2019. Today I looked around and didn't see anything at first; was about to give up when I caught a glimpse of pink-purple. |