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Deep Gap Rd & Little Buck Creek Clay County, NC 2019 & 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019-2020) |
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Deep Gap Rd & Little Buck Creek Clay County, NC 2019 & 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019-2020) |
| October 2019 Deep Gap Rd. was one of several areas I searched on this day for old home sites, without finding many remains. |
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| Two of the old home sites were originally near a small pond, which over the years had become more of a fen / bog. |
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| All that remained was a low stone wall of some sort... |
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| One of the Coreopsis species. |
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| Viburnum berries, possibly Viburnum nudum... |
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| A section of Little Buck Creek |
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| A few days later, with the foliage colors improving, I made a return visit... |
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| Fen on Little Buck Creek |
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| Another angle - Fen on Little Buck Creek |
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| I searched along upper Buck Creek for another old home site, but again had no luck. |
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| A few days later, some late afternoon lighting along Little Buck Creek. |
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| August 2020 After some exploring on Chunky Gal Mtn, I visited the fen to see what might be in bloom.... |
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| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
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| Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) Not a rare species, apparently, but I don't recall ever seeing it in the wild. |
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| Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) |
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| A raggedy Silver Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum sp.) |
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| Bog-fen view |