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Gumlog Mtn. Outcrop - June 2020 Union Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Gumlog Mtn. Outcrop - June 2020 Union Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| On an early June day, I decided to explore a rocky outcrop on the side of Gumlog Mountain: |
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| Bushwhacking to the outcrop, I saw lots of Four-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia). |
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| Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana). Possibly Zig-zag Spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera var. montana) This was growing all along the edges of the outcrops. |
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| Waxy Meadow Rue (Thalictrum revolutum) - female flowers |
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| This might also be Waxy Meadow Rue - with female flowers. |
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| Fire Pink (Silene virginica), growing on a cliff face. |
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| A nice trio of flowers... |
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| Ragwort (Packera sp.) |
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| Ragwort (Packera sp.) |
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| Showy Beardtongue (Penstemon smallii) |
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| Showy Beardtongue (Penstemon smallii). These are found in only two or three counties in north Georgia. |
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| Southeastern Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia pubentissima). |
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| Southeastern Flowering Spurge - single flower. |
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| Young Sickle-pod Rock Cress (Borodinia canadensis) (formerly Boechera canadensis.) |
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| Quill Fameflower (Phemeranthus teretifolius) These pink flowers don't open until late afternoon, and each one lasts for only a day. This uncommon species only grows on the very thin soils of large rock outcrops. |
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| I was a little early (calendar-wise) to catch these in good bloom. In the past I have found them blooming well in mid June; today I saw mostly buds, which can be seen in this image. |
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| I saw a number of these small "bees" pollinating the Fameflowers. It is an Eastern Calligrapher Syrphid Fly (Toxomerus geminatus). |
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| Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata). |