1 - Bog A ~ First Visit, late August 2019
It was a comfortable late summer day, with the temperature barely hitting 70 degrees!
I explored a sphagnum bog in the headwaters of the Nantahala River in Macon Co, NC.
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I entered the bog here. Lots of New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is in bloom on right.
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Bur-Reed (Sparganium sp.)
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Bur-Reed - close-up of achene clustered fruit balls.
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Dwarf St. John's Wort (Hypericum mutilum)
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Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens)
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Allegheny Monkeyflower - flower detail
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Bog Interior
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Monkeyflower and Jewelweed
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Ferns and Rhododendron
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Old Man's Beard (Usnea sp.) on dead tree
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Another bog view
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Black Elderberry (Sambuca canadensis)
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Bee on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)
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A copse of Willows (Salix sp.)
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2 - Second visit to Bog A ~ October 1st, 2019
A spur-of-the-moment revisit to see what might be in flower after a dry late summer & fall...
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Mountain bog habitat.
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I was pleasantly surprised to find a robust population of Nodding Ladies' Tresses growing in the bog.
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The same willow copse that I had photographed during my earlier visit.
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Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
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Another bog view...
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Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
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Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora)
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Another cluster of Showy Gentian flowers.
These were growing along the FS road to the bog.
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Old Man's Beard (Usnea species; possibly Usnea longissimma)
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