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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park ~ Uncommon Flowering Plants ~ |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2014) |
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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park ~ Uncommon Flowering Plants ~ |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2014) |
| (See also the Seeps & Rock Outcrops page for some other uncommon KMNBP plants...) ~ Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) ~ This uncommon plant has populations in only nine or ten Georgia counties. It has brilliant red flowers in early summer. |
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| I first located this plant in February on Big Kennesaw. |
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| Shown here in May, two of four stalks had been chewed off. By July, all four stalks were chewed off this plant. |
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| In July, we discovered another (single) plant that was in full bloom. |
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| Standing Cypress flower - close up |
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Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula) This plant is very rare in Georgia, and the tiny flowers are a challenge to photograph. |
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