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GA BotSoc Spring Pilgrimage 2023 Field Trip - May 6, 2023 Clay County, NC |
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GA BotSoc Spring Pilgrimage 2023 Field Trip - May 6, 2023 Clay County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| The Georgia Botanical Society held its 2023 Spring Pilgrimage in Hiawassee. I volunteered to lead a field trip, and we visited two locations in Clay County, NC. I didn't take too many photos during this excursion. For images that I took on scouting missions during the month leading up to the trip, including most of the floral subjects that we saw during our walk, see: Chunky Gal Trail - April '23, and Buck Creek Area - April '23. |
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| Part of the field trip group |
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| Speckled Wood Lily (Clintonia umbellulata) |
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| Yellow Mandarin (Prosartes lanuginosa) |
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| Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) |
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| Rosy Twisted Stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus) |
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| Canada violet (Viola canadensis) |
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| View from Corundum Knob |
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| Painted Trillium (Trillidium undulatum) |
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| "Un-painted" Painted Trillium We saw a couple of these, which I hadn't seen in my scouting trips... |
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| Another example of an "Un-painted" Painted Trillium |
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| Another "typical" Painted Trillium |
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| We came upon a small group of Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelli) |
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| We don't see many T. rugelli around this area. |
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| Interestingly, each flower in this group of six had a different colored ovary. |
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| One more Southern Nodding Trillium |
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| We found one more Painted Trillium among the Nodding Trilliums. |
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| Eastern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) |
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| Elaine took a number of photos of the group with her cell phone camera: |
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| I look like a doofus standing here. But I guess nobody else looks much better! lol |
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| Pointing out something... |
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| Our friend Jo |
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| Chunky Gal Trail |
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| A helping hand across the creek |
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| Shooting some Clintonia umbellulata |
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| Showing an uncommon find |
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| We found the "Un-painted" Painted Trilliums along a roadside... |
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| Indian Paintbrush in a powerline ROW |
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| Eve, Jo, and Elaine |