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Corundum Knob, Clay Co., NC Fall 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Corundum Knob, Clay Co., NC Fall 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| 1 - September 24 A quick visit to see what might be blooming... |
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| Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) |
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| Another Gentian, with unusually open flowers This is Appalachian Gentian, aka Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora). The tiny calyx lobes that help ID this species are hard to see in this image. |
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| There were so many types of Asters blooming, I couldn't begin to identify them from photos. |
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| A spring emerging from under a rock As dry as it had been, I was surprised to see the flow... |
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| Slender Gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) |
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| View from Corundum Knob |
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| 2 - September 30 A return visit, one week after the above photos... |
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| Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana) |
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| Just a few flowers remain on this Bugbane (Actaea podocarpa) |
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| Tree with unusual split trunk base |
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| Showy Gentians (Gentiana decora) |
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| I believe this is Rattlesnake Root (Nabalus species) |
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| Close-up of the spent flowers |
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| 3 - October 21 A quick visit to check on the foliage at my favorite Corundum Knob viewpoint... |
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| Starting to see some fall color in this view towards the Tusquitee Range... |