Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Seepage Fen Spring 2018 (ES) |
All Text & Images: 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 |
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May 31, 2018 - ES Pitcher Plant Survey |
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Planning |
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Pitcher flower |
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Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta) |
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Laying transects |
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Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris), just starting to bloom |
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Going over the layout |
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Pitcher flower |
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Helmet Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) |
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Laying out more transects... |
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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 |
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White Colicroot (Aletris farinosa) |
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Picking up the pieces... |
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Pitcher plant flower |
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Tabulating results and wrapping up... |