Logo GA BotSoc Spring Pilgrimage 2023
Field Trip - May 6, 2023
Clay County, NC
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The Georgia Botanical Society held its 2023 Spring Pilgrimage in Hiawassee.   I
volunteered to lead a field trip, and we visited two locations in Clay County, NC.

I didn't take too many photos during this excursion.   For images that
I took on scouting missions during the month leading up to the trip,
including most of the floral subjects that we saw during our walk, see:
Chunky Gal Trail - April '23,   and   Buck Creek Area - April '23.


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Part of the field trip group


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Speckled Wood Lily   (Clintonia umbellulata)


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Yellow Mandarin   (Prosartes lanuginosa)


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Canada Mayflower   (Maianthemum canadense)


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Rosy Twisted Stalk   (Streptopus lanceolatus)


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Canada violet   (Viola canadensis)


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View from Corundum Knob


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Painted Trillium   (Trillidium undulatum)


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"Un-painted" Painted Trillium
We saw a couple of these, which I hadn't seen in my scouting trips...



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Another example of an "Un-painted" Painted Trillium


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Another "typical" Painted Trillium


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We came upon a small group of Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii)


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We don't see many T. rugelii around this area.


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Interestingly, each flower in this group of six had a different colored ovary.


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One more Southern Nodding Trillium


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We found one more Painted Trillium among the Nodding Trilliums.


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Eastern Indian Paintbrush   (Castilleja coccinea)



Elaine took a number of photos of the group with her cell phone camera:

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I look like a doofus standing here.
But I guess nobody else looks much better!   lol



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Pointing out something...


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Our friend Jo


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Chunky Gal Trail


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A helping hand across the creek


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Shooting some Clintonia umbellulata


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Showing an uncommon find


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We found the "Un-painted" Painted Trilliums along a roadside...


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Indian Paintbrush in a powerline ROW


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Eve, Jo, and Elaine



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