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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Late Summer Wildflowers August 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Late Summer Wildflowers August 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| 1 - August 17, 2020 I checked out an area of Chunky Gal Ridge that I hadn't explored before. I hoped to explore a bog but it was all grown over when I reached the spot. On my way back I came across a nice find... |
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| Green Wood Orchid, aka Club Spur Orchid (Platanthera clavellata) I found a large seepy area on the side of the mountain where tons of these were growing. |
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| I believe this is Golden Spindles (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) |
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| I'm not sure what this right-of-way marker was for, seemingly in the middle of nowhere... |
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| Stalked Puffball-In-Aspic (Calostoma cinnabarinum) |
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| Yellow (or Orange) Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) I was surprised to see this single plant in flower along the old woods road. |
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| Appalachian Oak Leech (Aureolaria levigata) |
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| Southern Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum) |
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| Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis) |
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| One of the Lobelias (Lobelia sp.) |
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| 2 - August 18, 2020 On my way back to the truck the previous day (above), I had noticed that I was walking through a colony of Three Birds Orchids. I could see that there would be a bloom the next day. After photographing the TBOs at our home (which were on the same bloom cycle), I headed back up to Chunky Gal to see these ones. |
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| Three Birds Orchid (Triphora trianthophora) |
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| A group of Three Birds Orchids |
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| The flowers of the Three Birds Orchids are typically white, but we are lucky to see some nice color variation in this area. |
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| Another colorful specimen... |
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| A pretty colored flower |
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| I noticed some spent Coral-root Orchids (Corallorhiza sp.) in the vicinity. |