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Yellow Lady's Slippers May 2022 |
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Yellow Lady's Slippers May 2022 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2022) |
| I hadn't visited this unique site in a couple of years. It's the only location where I've seen both varieties of Yellow Lady's Slipper growing together. They are scattered over a couple of acres; after finding over 30 flowering plants, I actually got tired of photographing them and moved on! |
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| A nice quad of Small Yellow Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum) |
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| Large (Greater) Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens) |
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| Small (Lesser) Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| A nice pair of Large Yellow Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens) |
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| Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum) |
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| Large Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| Large Yellow Lady's Slippers |
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| On the way up, I also found some groups of Pink Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium acaule) |
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| There were other wildflowers to see besides the Lady's Slippers... |
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| Lots of Vasey's Trilliums (Trillium vaseyi) were growing along the way. |
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| Speckled Wood Lily (Clintonia umbellulata) |
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| The forest floor here was carpeted with Mayapples (Podophyllum peltatum). |
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| A few Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) were still hanging on. |
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| Back to a few more Yellow Lady's Slippers: |
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| Small Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| Large Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| A trio of Small Yellow Lady's Slippers |
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| Large Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| A pair of Small Yellow Lady's Slippers |
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| Large Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| Pair of Large Yellow Lady's Slippers |
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| I thought this hollowed-out old log was interesting. |
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| Wild hogs continue to rip up huge areas of the forest floor. They have destroyed countless acres of rare plants, and in my opinion, should be the US Forest Service's #1 priority. |