A visit to a waterfall on a tributary of Keener Creek in Rabun County:
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Dwarf Iris (Iris verna) along the trail
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Sessile Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)
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Nice falls on the Second Prong of Keener Creek
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Right side of the falls
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Left section
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Water flow detail
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Another detail - do you see the Old Man of the Falls?
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I headed to the nearby bog to check on the Swamp Pinks, but they had bloomed out for the year.
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Emerging fern fronds
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I spotted some very small Trilliums that were just starting to bloom.
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I suspected that they might be Painted Trilliums
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White Baneberry, aka Doll's Eyes (Actaea pachypoda)
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Trillium grandiflorum, turning pink
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Wild Geranium, aka Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum)
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Two days later, I returned to the bog to check on those small Trilliums:
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Sure enough, they were Painted Trilliums (Trillium undulatum), a first for me.
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A selection of the pretty Painted Trilliums follows:
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Along the route, the forest floor was carpeted in blooms.
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Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)
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Trillium grandiflorum - something had chewed off the upper petal...
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Brook Lettuce, aka Lettuceleaf Saxifrage (Micranthes micranthidifolia)
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Brook Lettuce - flower detail
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A large clump of Dwarf Iris on the way out...
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