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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Wildflowers 2021 |
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Chunky Gal Mtn. - Wildflowers 2021 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021) |
| 1 - April 2021 - Spring wildflowers |
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| Trillium erectum - common red form |
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| Trillium erectum - cream-flowered form |
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| Dwarf Ginseng (Nanopanax trifolius) was everywhere! |
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| Still lots of Trout Lilies (Erythronium sp.) blooming at the higher elevations. This pair almost looked like Shooting Stars, the way the petals were all pointed upwards. |
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| You can't tell the scale from the pic, but this was the largest Dwarf Ginseng that I've ever seen, almost 10 inches tall! They typically aren't more than a few inches high. |
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| Dwarf Ginseng |
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| Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) Another early-bloomer still going strong at high elevation. |
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| Serviceberry, aka Sarvisberry (Amelanchier arborea) flowers |
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| Trillium (probably T. grandiflorum) coming into bloom... |
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| Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) |
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| 2 - October 2021 |
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| Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana) |