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Old Bill Knob - June 2019 Towns Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Old Bill Knob - June 2019 Towns Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| Several days after visiting Buck Knob, I decided to check out the outcrops on Old Bill Knob. The first half or so of this album is images from the walk in. |
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On the hike in, I saw my first group of Pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys) for 2019. |
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| Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) about to bloom |
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| This Barred Owl (Strix varia) was checking me out on the way in. I was botanizing, so naturally didn't bring a long lens; had to make do and crop heavily! |
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| White Bergamot, aka Basil Bee Balm (Monarda clinopodia) |
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| Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) |
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| Yellow Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
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| Nearing the rock outcrop, I came across these Galiella rufa. I thought these cool cup fungi looked like Reese's Cups! |
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| View from a section of the rock outcrop. Part of the outcrop that I visited a few days before can be seen on the mountain at right. |
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| Quill Fameflower (Phemeranthus teretifolius) Finding this colony of plants today (and in bloom, to boot!) was a personal first. |
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| Close-up of a Quill Fameflower bloom. These flowers apparently only bloom in late afternoon, so my timing was good. |
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| More Quill Fameflower, showing their usual habitat. Other common names for this plant are Rock Portulaca, and Appalachian Rock Pink. |
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| Close-up of a pair of Quill Fameflowers. |
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| One more example of a Quill Fameflower plant growing on the rock outcrop. |
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| Stone Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum curvipes) is uncommon, and was scattered around the rock outcrop |
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| As I discovered at Buck Knob, Showy Beardtongue (Penstemon smallii) is often found with Stone Mountainmint. |
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| Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) |