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Track Rock Gap - Botanizing (2025) Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Track Rock Gap - Botanizing (2025) Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| 1 - April 2025 A GPCA work day to clear some of the shrubby growth and non-native trees shading the Pedicularis site. |
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| I only took one photo - The largest Morel that I've ever seen! |
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| 2 - Mid-September 2025 A visit primarily to monitor the Pedicularis lanceolata. |
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| I usually see Turtleheads (Chelone glabra) in bloom here around this time, but they were still in bud. |
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| Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
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| Lobelia cardinalis |
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| Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) |
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| Nodding Ladies' Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua complex) |
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| Marsh Betony, aka Swamp Lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata) |
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| This is likely the only population remaining in Georgia. |
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| Pedicularis lanceolata |
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| Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria species) |
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| Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)) |
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| New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) |
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| Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus) |
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on New York Ironweed |
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| Virginia Meadow Beauty Rhexia virginica) |
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| Pale Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana) |