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Spring 2026 Wildflowers Eastern Clay County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
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Spring 2026 Wildflowers Eastern Clay County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2026) |
| Spring wildflowers from several locations in the Chunky Gal area, including Yellow Mtn, Riley Cove, and Glade Gap. 2026 began as a year of early blooming, and the trend continued all spring. 1 - April 17, 2026, Yellow Mountain |
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| Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) |
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| Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) |
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| Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) |
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| Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) I've always found these in bloom along with, or just after, their cousin species, the Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). But today, the Dutchman's Breeches were completely bloomed out, and I didn't find a single flower. |
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| A mass of Trillium grandiflorum Most of the flowers were already turning pink with age. |
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| Group of Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Trillium grandiflorum, pink with age |
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| Canada Violet (Viola canadensis) |
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| Blue Violet (Viola sororia) |
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| Red Trillium, aka Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) |
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| Cream-flowered variety of Trillium erectum |
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| Yellow Mandarin (Prosartes lanuginosa) |
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| Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata) |
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| Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) |
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| Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) |
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, female black form (Papilio glaucus) |
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| Trout Lily (Erythronium species) |
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| Foam-flower (Tiarella austrina) |
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| Painted Trilliums (Trillidium undulatum) |
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| Painted Trillium (Trillidium undulatum) |
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| Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) |
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| 2 - Riley Cove I made a quick stop, to see if the Dwarf Ginseng was in flower. |
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| Dwarf Ginseng (Nanopanax trifolius) |
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| Dwarf Ginseng flower cluster |
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| Dwarf Ginseng flowers |
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| 3 - Glade Gap And one more stop, to see if my favorite Showy Orchis was blooming... |
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| Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) |
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| Another nice Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) |
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| Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis) |