Pine Log WMA Spring 2015 Wildflowers & Plants |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2015) |
Along upper Stamp Creek was a nice patch of Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens): |
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In habitat (above) ... |
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Examples of some of the gorgeous flowers: |
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Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
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Golden Ragwort   (Packera anonyma) - opening buds |
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Possibly Carolina Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caroliniana) |
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Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) |
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Unusual pink Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) |
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Fiddleheads |
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Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) |
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Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) |
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An assortment of Pink Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium acaule): |
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Lady's Slippers, with last year's seed pod |
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Paler form of Pink Lady's Slipper |
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Catesby's Trilliums were more abundant two weeks after I found the one pictured earlier on this page. |
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Wool-sower Wasp Gall, aka Strawberry Oak Gall (Callirhytis seminator) |
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Carolina Desert Chicory (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) |
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Galax / Wandflower (Galax urceolata) in habitat |
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Flower stalk of Galax / Wandflower - detail |
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Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens) |
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Partridge Berry |
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Partridge Berry |
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) |
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Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) |