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Various Wildflowers & Other Plants - 2019 Southern Nantahala Wilderness Area |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Various Wildflowers & Other Plants - 2019 Southern Nantahala Wilderness Area |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| After exploring an old house site & chimney high up in the Bell Creek drainage, Molly and I returned down a steep branch that dropped through a gorge. Early February, 2019: |
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| Cascades along the upper branch |
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| I found some Walking Fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum) growing on a large boulder in the middle of the creek. I don't think I'd ever seen this fern species before. |
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| Underside of fern frond, showing the sori. |
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| The ferns were growing in the moss on this large boulder-ledge... |
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| Assorted Wildflowers (excluding spring blooms pictured in the Cherry Cove and Mandarin Cove albums) March 31, 2019: |
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| Trillium cuneatum, yellow form |
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| Trillium cuneatum, yellow form |
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| Trillium Rock: |
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| I first came across this unusual boulder in 2018. |
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| Look at all the Trilliums growing on top of the rock! |
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| A protected mini-colony. |
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| Late April 2019: |
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| A pair of red Trillium erectum flowers |
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| Trillium erectum - cream-colored flowers |
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| Trillium cuneatum - bronze form |