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Spring 2018 (ES)
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Copyright (2018)

Early May 2018 - My first visit of the year

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Green Pitcher Plants were just budding


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Young plants


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Pitcher buds


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First Green Pitcher Plant flower of 2018



May 31, 2018 - ES Pitcher Plant Survey

Planning
Planning


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Pitcher flower


Bladderwort
Horned Bladderwort   (Utricularia cornuta)


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Laying transects


Swamp_Candles
Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris), just starting to bloom


Planning
Going over the layout


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Pitcher flower


Skullcap
Helmet Skullcap   (Scutellaria integrifolia)


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Laying out more transects...


Rhododendron-viscosum
Swamp Azalea   (Rhododendrom viscosum)
This plant is incorrectly identified as R. arborescens in the 2016 Site Inventory.



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Finishing our lunch break


Colicroot
White Colicroot   (Aletris farinosa)


Wrap_up
Picking up the pieces...


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Pitcher plant flower


Tabulating
Tabulating results and wrapping up...



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