Winter 2017 - 2018
Waterfalls along Morgan Branch:
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Lower Falls on Morgan Branch
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Upper Falls on Morgan Branch.
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Lower Falls, a week after a big December snowstorm.
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Icicles on a fallen log at the falls
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Virge Cove:
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A small drop on the creek in Virge Cove
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Mill Creek:
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A few cascades along upper Mill Creek
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Approaching the Lower Falls (seen at upper left) from downstream.
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Lower Falls on Mill Creek
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Lower Falls, from another viewpoint
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Some shots from late Summer 2018 Late August::
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Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
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Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) on Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
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Orange, or Spotted, Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
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Yellow Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida)
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Looking for Turtleheads Mid September, 2018::
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Red Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua)
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A peek inside a Chelone obliqua flower
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I had found these plants in late August on a branch of Mill Creek, but they were still in bud.
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Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
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Yellow Spindle Coral (Clavulinopsis fusiformis)
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Found more Turtleheads on another tributary. Something had been chewing on these.
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A small cascade on Hurricane Creek
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Maple Leaf Arum Root (Heuchera villosa)
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Mountain Bugbane (Actaea podocarpa)
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