Logo Old Bill Knob - June 2019
Towns Co., GA
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Several days after visiting Buck Knob, I decided to check out the outcrops on Old Bill Knob.
The first half or so of this album is images from the walk in.


Pinesap

On the hike in, I saw my first group of Pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys) for 2019.


Pinesap



Rattlesnake_Plantain
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) about to bloom


Barred_Owl
This Barred Owl (Strix varia) was checking me out on the way in.
I was botanizing, so naturally didn't bring a long lens; had to make do and crop heavily!



Monarda
White Bergamot, aka Basil Bee Balm   (Monarda clinopodia)


Black_Cohosh
Black Cohosh   (Actaea racemosa)


Jewelweed
Yellow Jewelweed   (Impatiens pallida)


Cup_fungi
Nearing the rock outcrop, I came across these Galiella rufa.
I thought these cool cup fungi looked like Reese's Cups!



Outcrop_view
View from a section of the rock outcrop.
Part of the outcrop that I visited a few days before can be seen on the mountain at right.



Quill_fameflower
Quill Fameflower   (Phemeranthus teretifolius)
Finding this colony of plants today (and in bloom, to boot!) was a personal first.



Quill_fameflower
Close-up of a Quill Fameflower bloom.
These flowers only bloom in late afternoon, so my timing was good.



Quill_fameflower
More Quill Fameflower, showing their usual habitat.
Other common names for this plant are Rock Portulaca, and Appalachian Rock Pink.



Quill_fameflower
Close-up of a pair of Quill Fameflowers.


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One more example of a Quill Fameflower plant growing on the rock outcrop.


MountainMint
Stone Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum curvipes) is uncommon, and was scattered around the rock outcrop


Penstemon_smallii
As I discovered at Buck Knob, Showy Beardtongue (Penstemon
smallii)
is often found with Stone Mountainmint.



St_Johns_Wort
Shrubby St. John's Wort   (Hypericum prolificum)



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