Logo Track Rock Gap - Botanizing   (2020 & 2022)
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, GA
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Botanical finds from more explorations in the general Track Rock Gap vicinity:

1 - Early September, 2020:


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My primary target was Swamp Lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata),
shown here in bud



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Pedicularis lanceolata is ranked S1 (Critically Imperiled) by the Georgia DNR.
Only three populations are known in the state.



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I was a little early and only found two plants blooming yet.


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Pedicularis lanceolata in habitat...


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I spotted some Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)


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Also, some Nodding Ladies' Tresses   (Spiranthes cernua)



2 - Mid September, 2022:
I went to monitor the Swamp Lousewort population.   The plants grow on the edge of a powerline ROW, and I could see that the ROW had been cut and sprayed with herbicide.   In addition, the top of a cut tree was lying where I had seen the plants in 2020.   I only found 3 plants where I had seen 8-10 before; these had just managed to escape the spray zone by about one foot!   Fortunately, I also found about a dozen more beyond the nearby swamp.


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Swamp Lousewort   (Pedicularis lanceolata)


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Swamp Lousewort


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Swamp Lousewort


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I also found White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) in bloom


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These flowers were tinted a deeper pink than typical Chelone glabra.


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More typically colored White Turtlehead flowers


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Fall Lady's Tresses   (Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata)


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Hog Peanut   (Amphicarpaea bracteata)


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Cardinal Flower   (Lobelia cardinalis)
There was almost as much along a creek here as we have in our yard!



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A small Great Blue Lobelia   (Lobelia siphilitica)



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