Coweeta Hydrologic Lab - 4 June 2017 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
June 2017 Explorations: |
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Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) |
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Cliff Saxifrage, aka Michaux's saxifrage (Hydatica petiolaris, syn. Micranthes petiolaris) |
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Small Purple Fringed Orchids - still blooming but on their way out. |
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Orchid flower detail. |
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Colicroot (Aletris farinosa) |
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Sickle-pod Rock Cress (Boechera canadensis) |
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Close-up of the flowers |
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Lily-leaved Twayblade Orchid (Liparis liliifolia) |
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Summer Bluets (Houstonia purpurea) |
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Aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis) |
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Purple Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) |
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Nice cliffs at Rockhouse Knob |
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Galax (Galax urceolata) |
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Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus elegans {or caninus}) |
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Tassel Rue, aka False Bugbane (Trautvetteria caroliniensis) |
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Eastern Gray Beardtongue, aka Appalachian Beardtongue (Penstemon canescens) |
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False Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia pubentissima) |
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Cow Wheat (Melampyrum lineare) |
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Sundrop (Oenothera fruticosa) |
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Indian Pipes, aka Ghost Plant, Corpse Plant (Monotropa uniflora) |
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False hellebore, aka Indian Poke (Veratrum viride) This was the only plant I found flowering on this day. |
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Flower close-up |
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A week later, the Veratrum stalks were blooming nicely |
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Fire Pink (Silene virginica) |
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Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) |
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Poke Milkweed - flower detail |
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Poke Milkweed - another flower detail |
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Pink Summer Bluets(?) |
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Mossy downed tree |