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Spring 2022 Visits
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1 - Late April, 2022:

Monitoring the Glade Spurge...


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Darlington's Glade Spurge   (Euphorbia purpurea)


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Glade Spurge
Ranked S-1 (Critically Imperiled) in Georgia



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Glade Spurge - flowers


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Solomon's Plume   (Maianthemum racemosum)


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Flame Azalea   (Rhododendron calendulaceum)



2 - Mid May, 2022:

Monitoring Platanthera herbiola, and other species...   Georgia only has one documented occurrence of this species, that Tom Patrick and I "rediscovered" back in 2018.   Since then, I have monitored and kept a check on these plants on a regular basis.   These few plants have certainly had a tough time of it since we found them, with events including hog rooting, flood scouring, being eaten, and finally having a tree fall on them last year.   This year was no exception - I found that something had chewed off two of the five flowering stalks.


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Two chewed-off stalks at center


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Southern Tubercled Rein Orchid   (Platanthera herbiola)


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Platanthera herbiola inflorescence


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Great Spangled Fritillaries (Speyeria cybele)
on Red-ring Milkweed (Asclepias variegata)



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Round-leaved Sundew   (Drosera rotundifolia)


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American Columbo   (Frasera caroliniensis)
After 2021's once-in-a-decade bloom, I had forecast that this would
be a lean flowering year for this species, and it definitely was.



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Leather-flower, aka Vase-vine   (Clematis viorna)


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Northern Pearly-eye   (Lethe anthedon)


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Nettleleaf Sage   (Salvia urticifolia)


Bluets
Summer Bluets   (Houstonia longifolia)


Skullcap
Skullcap species   (Scutelleria sp.)
possibly S. elliptica var hirsuta



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Waxy Meadow Rue   (Thalictrum revolutum)


Oenothera
Sundrops   (Oenothera sp.)


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One of the Smilax species



3 - Early June, 2022:

Went looking for a rare Pogonia that I have photographed in the past;
it was nowhere to be found.   Saw a few other goodies along the way...


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Grasspink Orchid   (Calopogon tuberosus)


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Grasspink Orchid


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Grasspink Orchid


Clematis
Vasevine, aka Leatherflower   (Clematis viorna)


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Vasevine, aka Leatherflower   (Clematis viorna)


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Nice clump of Roundleaf Sundew   (Drosera rotundifolia)


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Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), closer view


Butterfly_weed
Butterfly Weed   (Asclepias tuberosa)



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