With rain in the immediate forecast, I postponed a waterfall trek, and substituted some wildflower
explorations where I wouldn't be more than a half mile from my truck in case of a downpour.
The first set includes flowers I found along Patterson Gap Road:
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Dwarf Iris (Iris verna)
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Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
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Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)
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Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
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Thyme-leaf Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)
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Yellow Halberd-leafed Violet (Viola hastata)
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Carolina Vetch (Vicia caroliniana)
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Bristly Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
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Next, I explored along a creek branch that crosses the road about 1/4 way down the mountain:
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Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
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Trillium grandiflorum
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Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum)
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Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
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Trillium erectum
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A ribbon of water falls between rocks on the creek
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Early Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum dioicum), just starting to flower
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Trillium grandiflorum
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Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
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Trillium erectum
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Upper Patterson Creek Falls
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Finally, I explored Trillium Cove, near Betty's Creek:
(The Hambidge Center's Cove Forest Trail)
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Sharp-leaved Hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)
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Trillium grandiflorum
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Wild Geranium, aka Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum)
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The old Magraw springhouse, leaning at about a 15 degree angle.
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Trillium grandiflorum - going pink with age
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Trillium grandiflorum, with Trout Lilies in the background
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Trillium grandiflorum - pink
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Trillium grandiflorum
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Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
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Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis). These were just starting to bloom...
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Trillium grandiflorum - pink
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Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
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Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
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A pair of Trillium grandiflorum
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Virginia Pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
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Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
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Trillium grandiflorum - faint pink
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Large-flowered Bellwort
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Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
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Trillium grandiflorum - pink
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Blue Ridge Bittercress (Cardamine flagellifera)
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