Logo Yellow Lady's Slippers on Eagle Mtn
May 2019
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A pair of early May expeditions up Eagle Mountain, searching for Yellow Lady's Slippers...

1 - West Facing Slope:


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Although the early spring wildflower bloom was past, there was still lots to see as I headed up the mountain.
Four-leaf Milkweed   (Asclepias quadrifolia)



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Longleaf Bluets   (Houstonia longifolia)


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More Longleaf Bluets...


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Flame Azalea   (Rhododendron calendulaceum)


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Azalea buds


Hawkweed
Rattlesnake Hawkweed   (Hieracium venosum)


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Rock overhang


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Cliff Saxifrage, aka Michaux's Saxifrage   (Micranthes petiolaris)


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View from top of a wet cliff, towards Lake Chatuge.


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Vasey's Trillium   (Trillium vaseyi)


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Trillium grandiflorum


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Large (or Greater) Yellow Lady's Slipper   (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)


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This was the first time I had found the large form of this species


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Yellow Lady's Slippers


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Yellow Lady's Slipper


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Catesby's Trillium   (Trillium catesbaei)


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Pink Lady's Slipper   (Cypripedium acaule)



Two days later, I searched another area of the mountain, but had no luck finding more Yellow Lady's Slippers.

2 - North Facing Slope:


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Showy Orchis   (Galearis spectablis)


Wild_Geranium
Wild Geranium   (Geranium maculatum)


Pipevine
Pipevine, aka Dutchman's Pipes
(Aristolochia macrophylla, syn. Isotrema macrophyllum)



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Found a few more Pink Lady's Slippers...


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Fertile frond of Cinnamon fern   (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)


Mayapple
Mayapple bloom   (Podophyllum peltatum)



Eagle Mtn. Index S. Nantahala Index
NE GA - NC Index SE USA Index