 |
Mountain Bog GA3C Summer 2025 Chattahoochee National Forest, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
|
Mountain Bog GA3C Summer 2025 Chattahoochee National Forest, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| Back in January, we had a workday clearing one of the large areas where Platanthera peramoena used to be found. I wanted to see if any flowering plants had returned, and look for anything else interesting. Mid July, 2025: |
|
 |
|
| While I found a few Platanthera peramoena in flower, I didn't see any in the area that we had worked |
|
 |
|
| Platanthera peramoena individual flower detail |
|
 |
|
| Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera peramoena) |
|
 |
|
| Flower of a Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana) |
|
 |
|
| Eastern Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra) |
|
 |
|
| Armor shell of a Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) |
|
 |
|
| A fallen soldier - Shaggy-stalked Bolete (Aureoboletus betula) |
|
 |
|
| Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii), still in bud. Last year's stalk is also visible. I had found this lone plant a few years ago and hoped it might be in bloom but I was too early. |