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A Fall Day - Oct 2020 Clay County Co., NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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A Fall Day - Oct 2020 Clay County Co., NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| A mid October drive to several locations, looking for early foliage and late wildflowers: (Buck Creek, Corundum Knob, Nelson Ridge...) |
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| Early color around the bog near Buck Creek This photo was taken 12 days before the rest of the pics here, but I wanted to show it for comparison with the next image... |
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| Same bog, 12 days later, from a similar viewpoint. The earlier colorful leaves around the bog had fallen, and the color was starting to move up the mountain sides. |
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| This view is slightly to the left of the previous image. |
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| Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on Ironweed |
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| I spotted this mini-basket that someone had woven from grass and hung on a branch. |
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| View from Corundum Knob |
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| A few Canada Burnett (Sanguisorba canadensis) were still in bloom here. |
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| Some foliage along the way... |
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| Along the forest roads... |
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| This was part of the "first wave" of 2020 foliage... |
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| Appalachian Gentian, aka Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora) |
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| Gentiana decora |
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| Gentiana decora |
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| Creek along Nelson Ridge Rd., with fallen leaves |
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| Small cascade on another creek... |
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| Another creek shot... |