Roadside Wildflowers Wolfpen Gap Road - Summer |
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1 - Orchids and more - Summer 2015 |
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Yellow Fringed Orchid, aka Orange Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) |
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Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis) |
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Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) |
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Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed |
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2 - A short return visit on my way back from another site - Summer 2019 |
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I saw fewer Platanthera than on my earlier visit, and no Spiranthes. The ROW had not been cut recently and was grown over with shrubby growth. |
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Most of the orchids I did see were just coming into bloom... |
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Flower detail - Platanthera ciliaris |
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Curtiss' Milkwort (Polygala curtissii) |
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A white Milkwort |