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Dunite Barrens - Late Spring & Summer 2024 Dickenson Branch Botanical Area, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2024) |
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Dunite Barrens - Late Spring & Summer 2024 Dickenson Branch Botanical Area, Rabun Co., GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2024) |
| 1 - Early June, 2024 I wanted to check on the Cleistesiopsis that I had found here last year. Sadly, it looked like some of the plants had been dug up and poached. |
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| Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria), in habitat. |
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| Pogonia |
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| Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria), looking into the throat of the flower. |
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| Pogonia I only found about one third the number of plants I had seen in 2023. |
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| Small Spreading Pogonia (Cleistesiopsis bifaria) |
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| Leather Flower, aka Vasevine (Clematis viorna) |
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| Clematis viorna |
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| Devil's Bit, aka Fairy Wand (Chamaelirium luteum), in habitat. These plants are dioecious, and this is a female. |
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| Chamaelirium luteum - detail of inflorescence. |
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| New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) |
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| Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) |
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| Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) |
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| 2 - Mid July, 2024 A visit with Julie Duncan |
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| Blazing Stars (Liatris spicata) were just beginning to bloom. |
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| Whorled Milkweed was in full bloom. There's a little crab spider in this one. |
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| Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) |
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| Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) |
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| Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis) |
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| Rosepink (Sabatia angularis) - white form |
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| Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) |
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| Gentian species |
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| Mottled Wild Ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) |
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| Mottled Wild Ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) - dried "jug" flower |
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| Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum sp.) fruit |