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Pink Hepatica Spring Ephemeral

Pink Hepatica Spring Ephemeral

There's a wave of energy that passes through the forest in early spring.  It awakens a class of wildflowers known as spring ephemerals.  These wildflowers employ a unique strategy of early, small and quick.  They are the first adopters of sunlight energy; the fast...

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Blue Ridge Escarpment_04272022

Blue Ridge Escarpment_04272022

Trip Journal:  April 27 - May 4, 2022 The Blue Ridge Escarpment is a place of transition where the high mountains of Western North Carolina drop dramatically into the Piedmont of South Carolina and Georgia below.  Steep elevational drops, high rates of precipitation,...

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Trip Journal:  April 20-26, 2022

Trip Journal: April 20-26, 2022

Trip Journal:  April 20-26, 2022The Blue Ridge Escarpment is a place of transition where the high mountains of Western North Carolina drop dramatically into the Piedmont of South Carolina and Georgia below.  Steep elevational drops, high rates of precipitation, and...

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Oconee Bells 2022

Oconee Bells 2022

Seeking "Perhaps The Most Interesting Plant..." Oconee Bells are rare wildflowers growing within the Jocassee Gorges region of Upstate South Carolina.  Early American botanist Asa Gray spent a lifetime searching for Oconee Bells in the wild, largely unsuccessful.  I...

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Photo of the Day:  February 20, 2022

Photo of the Day: February 20, 2022

February means the end of winter for me:  it signals the start of the great spring bloom.  I don't much care for the daffodils that decorate suburban lawns and manicured gardens.  I do, however, get very excited about the return of natives like trillium and bluebells....

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