Logo Chestnut Branch & Barnards Creek
September 2019
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Explorations for fall wildflowers along two tributaries of Buck Creek.
I'd never been along these sections of the creeks other than in winter...


Bugbane
Bugbane, aka Mountain Black Cohosh   (Actaea podocarpa)
Very similar to Black Cohosh, which has bloomed out by now...



Fungi
Unknown polypore fungi on a mossy log


Chelone_obliqua
Mountain Purple Turtlehead   (Chelone obliqua)


Chelone_obliqua
This would be a bee's point of view as it approached a Turtlehead to pollinate it...


Solidago
Goldenrod (Solidago sp.); just one of several species here.


Snakeroot
White Snakeroot   (Ageratina altissima)
This was blooming everywhere along the creeks...



Asters
It's Aster (Symphyotrichum sp.) season, and there were many species blooming.


Clintonia_borealis-berries
Blue-bead Lily   (Clintonia borealis),   in fruit.
At least that's what I thought it was when I found it.   When I went back in the
spring to see it flower, it turned out to be the more common C. umbellulata.



Asters
Another Aster species


Gentians
I found a very few Soapwort Gentians (Gentiana saponaria),
but the flowers were mostly on the way out.



Creek
With our lack of rain, creek levels were way down, and leaves were already turning brown and falling.


Medeola_virginiana
Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana), with its fall coloring.


Frasers_Sedge
The uncommon Fraser's Sedge (Carex fraseriana ) grows lushly here...


Mountain_Angelica
Seed heads of Mountain Angelica   (Angelica triquinata)
There was lots of this along one of the creeks...



Logging_RR
Walking along a wet area of an old logging road, I noticed what
appeared to be the track of an old logging railroad or pole road.
You can see crossties running between the parallel wheel beds.




I didn't get up Barnards as far as I'd wanted, so I returned about 10 days later.
Unfortunately I didn't find much more in regards to any unusual fall blooms...


Barnards_Creek
Barnards Creek



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