Logo 2020 & 2021 Explorations in the Nelson Ridge Area
Clay County, NC
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1 - Early April, 2020

Mostly looking for old home sites, even though none showed on the old maps.
Had no luck with that!   As it turned out, this would be my only 2020 visit here.


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Wood Anemone   (Anemone quinquefolia)


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Hemlock Varnish Shelf   (Ganoderma tsugae)


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Hemlock Varnish Shelf
These were immature growths.   I meant to go back a month later
to photograph the red brackets, but then forgot all about it.



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A huge old pine tree



2 - Mid September, 2021

Surprisingly, it was almost a year and a half later before I got back in here.
I was looking for early fall wildflowers, but was a little early for some of the
species I was hoping to see.   Although I did find loads of Red Turtleheads!


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Great Blue Lobelia   (Lobelia siphilitica)
This species was blooming all over the area.



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Red Turtlehead   (Chelone obliqua)
I'm not sure what the little white fuzz-balls are at the top of the corolla mouth.



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A peak inside a flower...


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Chelone obliqua


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Chelone obliqua, in habitat...


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These are actually one of two varieties of this species: Chelone obliqua var. erwiniae.


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Other common names for the species are Erwin's Red Turtlehead, and Mountain Turtlehead.


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Pale Yellow Jewelweed   (Impatiens pallida)


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Orange, or Spotted, Jewelweed   (Impatiens capensis)


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Appalachian Oak-leech   (Aureolaria levigata)


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Southern Harebell   (Campanula divaricata)



Nelson Ridge Rd Index Tusquitee-Boteler Index
Western NC Index NE GA - NC Index