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Big Spring Ridge - Spring 2016 Southern Nantahala Wilderness |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2016) |
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Big Spring Ridge - Spring 2016 Southern Nantahala Wilderness |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2016) |
| Big Spring Ridge and vicinity... March - May: |
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| The namesake Big Spring |
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| Emerging Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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| Adjacent smaller spring head |
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| Veratrum foliage emerging |
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| Halberd-leafed Violet (Viola hastata) |
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| Pink-hued Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) |
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Princess Pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum or Lycopodium obscurum) |
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| Creek branch, below The Flats Further down, below Hickorynut Gap... |
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| Small cascades on the branch |
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| View looking down the branch |
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| Ridge view toward Lake Chatuge |
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| Big Spring, almost a month after image at top of page |
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| Veratrum |
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| Moss covered rock cliffs |
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| Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) |
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| Fern glade near Big Spring |
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| White Milkweed, aka Redring Milkweed, (Asclepias variegata) |