Logo Coweeta Hydrologic Lab - 6
July 2017
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Late July 2017 Exploration:

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Small Green Wood Orchid   (Platanthera clavellata)
One of a group of about ten, this was the first plant to come into bloom.



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Yellow-Fringed Orchid   (Platanthera ciliaris)
Another orchid that was just coming into bloom here.



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I prefer to call them Orange-Fringed Orchids (vs. Yellow...).


Milkwort
Field Milkwort   (Polygala sanguinea)


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Field Milkwort, flower detail


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Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid   (Goodyera pubescens)


Pepperbush
Deptford Pink   (Dianthus armeria)


Pale_Meadow_Beauty
Pale Meadow Beauty   (Rhexia mariana)


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A variety of butterflies puddling along the road.


Dayflower
Dayflower   (Commelina sp.)


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Turk's Cap Lilies   (Lilium superbum) were still blooming in profusion.


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St. Andrew's Cross
(Hypericum stragulum, syn. Hypericum hypericoides var. multicaule)



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Appalachian Bunchflower   (Veratrum parviflorum)
Although we saw several plants with flower stalks, this single flower was the only one that had fully opened.



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Downy False Foxglove   (Aureolaria virginica)
One of the nicer specimens I have seen; most have brown discoloration on the petals.



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Southern Harebell   (Campanula divaricata)


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Southern Harebell, individual flower.


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Skunk Meadow Rue   (Thalictrum revolutum)


Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Indian Plantain   (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)


NewJerseyTea
New Jersey Tea   (Ceanothus americanus)


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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor) on Phlox


Fly_on_Tickseed
Hover Fly (family Syrphidae) on Tickseed (Coreopsis sp.) flower.


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Starry Campion   (Silene stellata)


Pycnanthemum
One of the Mountain Mints   (Pycnanthemum sp.)


Bottlebrush
Eastern Bottle-brush Grass   (Elymus hystrix)


Skullcap
Downy Skullcap   (Scutellaria incana)


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More Downy Skullcap


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Skullcap and Thimbleweed


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Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetias egle) on Poke Milkweed


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Large Milkweed Bug   (Oncopeltus fasciatus)


Black_Cohosh
Black Cohosh   (Actaea racemosa)


Turks_Cap_Lilies
A couple of deep red Turk's Cap Lilies


Germander
American Germander   (Teucrium canadense)


Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake   (Crotalus horridus)


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Timber Rattler


Virgins_Bower
Virgin's Bower   (Clematis virginiana)


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Virgin's Bower, showing vine characteristics


Monarda
White Bergamot, aka Basil Bee Balm   (Monarda clinopodia)



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