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Spring 2024 Botanicals
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1 - Mid April 2024

After making my annual Ramps harvest in N GA, I headed up to Buck Creek to see how the spring wildflowers were coming along.   It was still a bit early up there...


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Trout Lilies   (Erythronium species)


Gaywings
Gaywings, aka Fringed Polygala
(Polygaloides paucifolia)



Gaywings
Gaywings


Indian_Paintbrush
Eastern Indian Paintbrush
(Castilleja coccinea)



Indian_Paintbrush
Indian Paintbrush


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Indian Paintbrush


Bluets
Bluets   (Houstonia species)



2 - Early May 2024

Spring was moving along fast, so I was trying to catch as
many spring ephemerals as possible before they're gone.


Painted_Trillium
Painted Trillium   (Trillidium undulatum)


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"Unpainted" Painted Trillium


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Painted Trillium


Trillium_erectum
The Trillium erectums were mostly on their way out.


Nodding_Trillium
Southern Nodding Trillium   (Trillium rugelii)
We don't see many of these around here.



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Another Southern Nodding Trillium


Gaywings
Gaywings   (Polygaloides paucifolia)


Gaywings
More Gaywings


Painted_Trillium
Another Painted Trillium


Phlox
Phlox species


Yellow_LS
Greater (Large) Yellow Lady's Slipper
(Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)



Yellow_LS
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper


Trillium_grandiflorum
Trillium grandiflorum


Hexastylis
Appalachian Little Brown Jugs
(Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii)



Indian_Paintbrush
Eastern Indian Paintbrush   (Castilleja coccinea)



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