My first 2024 visit was in late May, primarily
to monitor the Platanthera herbiola.
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Southern Tubercled Rein Orchid (Platanthera herbiola)
I counted twelve plants this year, with five flowering stalks.
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A closer view of the inflorescence.
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Two of these stalks (inside a hogwire cage) had been chewed off.
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Round-leaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
growing in a clump of moss.
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Waxy Meadow-rue (Thalictrum amphibolum)
(formerly Thalictrum revolutum)
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Leather-flower, aka Vase-vine (Clematis Viorna)
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2 - Mid June, 2024
A few images taken during a GPCA monitoring/planning session:
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Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
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A Haploa moth, of the Tiger Moth sub-family.
Either Haploa lecontei, or H. clymene; there is so much variation
in the two species that I couldn't decide from my one photo.
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele),
on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa).
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More Grass Pinks (Calopogon tuberosus)
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3 - Mid July, 2024
A short visit after a ukulele jam at Cupid Falls:
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Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
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Foliage of Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
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It is not a tracked plant in Georgia, but it's certainly not common.
This is the only occurrence that I know of in the northeastern corner of the state.
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Closer view of Culver's Root inflorescence
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Lobelia species
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Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis)
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