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Spring Ephemerals - 2025 Spaniard Mountain Towns County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Spring Ephemerals - 2025 Spaniard Mountain Towns County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| Mid April 2025 I had photographed some of the spring wildflowers on a north-facing cove of Spaniard Mtn. back in 2020, but noticed that I had never posted them. So here are a few from April 2025. Nothing unusual, but a nice selection of the usual rich cove spring ephemerals. |
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| Luna Moth (Actias luna) I spotted this moth as I was waiting for the wind to stop blowing while trying to photograph some flowers. |
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| Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) |
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| Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) |
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| Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Yellow Mandarin, aka Fairybells (Prosartes lanuginosa) |
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| Trillium cuneatum These were the most prolific flower I saw flowering here. |
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| Foamflower (Tiarella nautila) |
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| Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) |
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| Broadleaf Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla) |
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| Trillium grandiflorum, with petals aging to pink |
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| Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) |
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| Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) |
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| Trillium cuneatum |
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| Trillium grandiflorum |
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| Morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta) I saw two of these here; I don't find them often anymore. |
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| Small cascade |