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Track Rock Gap - Botanizing (2019) Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Track Rock Gap - Botanizing (2019) Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| Botanical finds from various explorations in the general Track Rock Gap vicinity: 1 - Mid June, 2019: |
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| Beebalm, aka Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) |
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| Running Cedar Club Moss (Lycopodium digitatum) |
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| Hornet Nest |
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| 2 - Early August, 2019: Two visits - one with Malcolm Hodges, Sean Beeching & Don Hunter, looking for a rare lichen; another with Alan Cressler & Henning von Schmeling, doing some general botanizing. |
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Two images of Megalaria beechingii, rare in Georgia and found only on ultramafic outcrops. |
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| Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor) |
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| Indigo Milkcap (Lactarius indigo) |
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| Black Trumpets, aka Black Chanterelles (Craterellus sp.) |
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| Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra) |
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| Swamp Milkweed |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio troilus) |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail |
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| Appalachian quillwort (Isoetes appalachiana) |
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| Green Wood Orchids, aka Club Spur Orchids (Platanthera clavellata) |
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| I think this is a spindle coral (Clavulinopsis sp.) |
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| 3 - Late August, 2019: |
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| Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |