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2006-03-19 Devil's Fork State Park, Oconee County, SC

2006-03-19 Devil's Fork State Park, Oconee County, South Carolina. Home of the rare Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) and Sweet Pinesap (Monotropsis odorata) also known as Pigmy Pipes. Interesting note: to find the pigmy pipes, you first have to smell them (strong sweet clove odor), then crawl along the ground on hands and knees until you find them in the leaf litter.

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Oconee Bells
Oconee Bells		 Oconee Bells
Oconee Bells		 Oconee Bells from behind
Oconee Bells from behind		 Clump of Oconee Bells
Clump of Oconee Bells
Pigmy Pipes clump
Pigmy Pipes clump		 Pigmy Pipes showing reproductive parts
Pigmy Pipes showing reproductive parts		 Pigmy Pipes group just poking out of the leaf litter
Pigmy Pipes group just poking out of the leaf litter		 Pigmy Pipes
Pigmy Pipes
Pigmy Pipes
Pigmy Pipes		 Pigmy Pipes
Pigmy Pipes		 Pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys). Another pipe we have in the upstate of SC. Blooms in the fall.
Pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys). Another "pipe" we have in the upstate of SC. Blooms in the fall.		 Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora). Also, another pipe of upstate SC. Blooms in mid-summer.
Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora). Also, another "pipe" of upstate SC. Blooms in mid-summer.

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