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High Mountain Bog TN9S- August 2019 Cherokee National Forest, TN |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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High Mountain Bog TN9S- August 2019 Cherokee National Forest, TN |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| Spent a fantastic day botanizing in a remote area of the Cherokee National Forest. I saw several new (to me) species and a lot of orchids that I don't typically get a chance to photo- graph. One highlight was seeing thousands of Platanthera integrilabia growing in a bog. |
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| Star of the show Platanthera integrilabia (White Fringeless Orchid, aka Monkey-face Orchid) |
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| A trio of Platanthera integrilabia inflorescences |
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| Thousands of Platanthera integrilabia were growing in this bog! |
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| Platanthera integrilabia |
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| Platanthera integrilabia |
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| Platanthera integrilabia in habitat |
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| Platanthera integrilabia |
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| I also saw another orchid species which I hadn't photographed before: |
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| Platanthera cristata (Crested Bog Orchid) Most of these, including all the large inflorescences, were well past their prime, but a few small ones were still in flower. |
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| Platanthera cristata Detail of one of the inflorescences, with the bottom already bloomed out. |
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| I came across another species which I'd never even heard of, much less seen before: |
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| Bartonia virginica (Yellow Screwstem) |
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| Bartonia virginica - flower detail This species is in the Gentian family, and you can see the resemblance in the tiny flowers. |
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| Lilium michauxii (Carolina Lily) |
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| Platanthera clavellata (Green Wood Orchid) Most of these had gone to seed, but a very few plants were still in flower. |
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| Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow/Orange Fringed Orchid) Another orchid that was mostly bloomed out here. |
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| Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) |
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| Swallowtails on Eutrochium purpureum (Joe Pye Weed) |
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| Fritillary on Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed) |
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| One of the Sabatia species (Rose Gentians) |
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| Pycnanthemum species (Mountain Mint) |
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| Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea) |