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← Holmes Educational State Forest, Upper Loop (Demonstration Trail) Scout – May 15, 2020
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Big Ridge Loop – May 22, 2020

Posted on May 25, 2020 by WCBC

Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.

False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata)
Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)
May Apple; Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum) Bloom
Bear Corn (Conopholis americana)
Carolina Azalea (Rhododendron minus var. minus)
Maleberry (Lyonia ligustrina) Fruit
Great Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum v. commutatum)
Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Fruit
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) Male Flowers
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides)
Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum) & May Apple; Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum)
Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum)
Mountain Meadow Rue; Lady Rue (Thalictrum clavatum)
Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii) Bloom
Hairy-jointed Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium barbinode) Bloom
Parkway View
Silvery Glade Fern (Deparia acrostichoides)
Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)
False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata) Hairy Stem
Wild or Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) [Hydrangeaceae]
Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides) Sori
Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)
Wild or Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) (2)
Interrupted Fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana; Osmunda claytoniana)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Red Eft - Terrestrial Stage of the Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Hairy-jointed Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium barbinode) & Great Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum reniforme)
Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
Interrupted Fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana; Osmunda claytoniana) Fertile Pinnae
Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii) Fruit
Clinton's Lily, White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata)
Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
Wood Betony; Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)
Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
Minnie Bush (Menziesia pilosa) Blooms
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis var. montana)

 

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