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Yellow Lady's Slippers on Eagle Mtn May 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Yellow Lady's Slippers on Eagle Mtn May 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| A pair of early May expeditions up Eagle Mountain, searching for Yellow Lady's Slippers... 1 - West Facing Slope: |
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| Although the early spring wildflower bloom was past, there was still lots to see as I headed up the mountain. Four-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia) |
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| Longleaf Bluets (Houstonia longifolia) |
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| More Longleaf Bluets... |
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| Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) |
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| Azalea buds |
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| Rattlesnake Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) |
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| Rock overhang |
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| Cliff Saxifrage, aka Michaux's Saxifrage (Micranthes petiolaris) |
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| View from top of a wet cliff, towards Lake Chatuge. |
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| Vasey's Trillium (Trillium vaseyi) |
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| Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Large (or Greater) Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens) |
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| This was the first time I had found the large form of this species |
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| Yellow Lady's Slippers |
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| Yellow Lady's Slipper |
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| Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) |
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| Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) |
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| Two days later, I searched another area of the mountain, but had no luck finding more Yellow Lady's Slippers. 2 - North Facing Slope: |
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| Showy Orchis (Galearis spectablis) |
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| Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) |
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| Pipevine, aka Dutchman's Pipes (Aristolochia macrophylla, syn. Isotrema macrophyllum) |
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| Found a few more Pink Lady's Slippers... |
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| Fertile frond of Cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) |
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| Mayapple bloom (Podophyllum peltatum) Note: This was just the first of a number of explorations that I would make over the next several years looking for Yellow Lady's Slippers on the north side of Eagle Mountain. I was FINALLY rewarded in late April 2025 when I found one, while photographing, of all things, Pink Lady's Slippers! |