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Spring - Early Summer 2020 (RBM)
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Copyright (2020)

May 18, 2020:

Pitcher_plants
The Green Pitcher Plants seemed less mature than they usually are at this date.
Likely due to a combination of a cool, wet spring and a late prescribed burn...



Pitchers_in_bud
Overall, flowering stalks were scarce relative to recent years.
Oddly, this group (one of very few) had lots of buds...



Pitcher_flowers
There were only a few plants with open flowers...



June 10, 2020:
Today's search was for orchids!


Platanthera_lacera
Ragged Fringed Orchid   (Platanthera lacera)


Platanthera_lacera
I located about ten plants in nice bloom...


Asclepias_tuberosa
Flower detail


Pitcher_plants



Meadow_Beauty
It's not easy to detect these plants in the tall meadow...


Ironweed
Colicroot   (Aletris farinosa)



June 27, 2020:
This day was going well until I got soaked in a sudden downpour!
Fortunately, it was my third and final stop of three sites...


Lysimachia_lanceolata
Lanceleaf Loosestrife   (Lysimachia lanceolata)


Skullcap
Helmet Skullcap   (Scutellaria integrifolia)


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Pencil-flower   (Stylosanthes biflora)


Pycnanthemum_virginianum
Virginia Mountain Mint   (Pycnanthemum virginianum)


Oenothera_fruticosa
Southern Sundrop   (Oenothera fruticosa)


Seriocarpus
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster   (Sericocarpus linifolius)


Butterfly_weed
Butterfly Weed Milkweed   (Asclepias tuberosa)


Oncopeltus_fasciatus
Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Asclepias tuberosa


Rhexia_mariana
Pale Meadow Beauty   (Rhexia mariana)


Linum_virginianum
Virginia Yellow Flax   (Linum virginianum)


Pipewort
Ten-angled Pipewort   (Eriocaulon decangulare)


Sneezeweed
Sneezeweed   (Helenium flexuosum)


Buttonbush
Buttonbush   (Cephalanthus occidentalis)



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