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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) |
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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) |
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Mayapple bloom (Podophyllum peltatum) |