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North Carolina Mts.: July 2011

Photos from Mount Mitchell, various spots along the Blue Ridge parkway from Asheville to Linville Falls, and the Roan Highlands area skirting the TN/NC border.
American Beech: Fagus grandifolia, fruit (involucre)
American Beech: Fagus grandifolia, fruit (involucre)		 American Beech: Fagus grandifolia
American Beech: Fagus grandifolia		 Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum
Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum		 Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum
Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum		 Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum
Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum
Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum
Fly Poison: Amianthium muscitoxicum		 View from summit of Mt. Mitchell
View from summit of Mt. Mitchell		 View from summit of Mt. Mitchell
View from summit of Mt. Mitchell		 Fraser Fir: Abies fraseri
Fraser Fir: Abies fraseri		 Fraser Fir: Abies fraseri, maturing female cone
Fraser Fir: Abies fraseri, maturing female cone
Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus var. strigosus		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes in habitat
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes in habitat		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Mountain St.-John's-wort: Hypericum graveolens
Mountain St.-John's-wort: Hypericum graveolens		 Mountain St.-John's-wort: Hypericum graveolens
Mountain St.-John's-wort: Hypericum graveolens		 Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride
Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride		 Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride
Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride		 Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride
Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride
Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride
Cornhusk Lily: Veratrum viride		 Red Spruce: Picea rubens, spent male strobili
Red Spruce: Picea rubens, spent male strobili		 Red Spruce: Picea rubens, maturing female cones
Red Spruce: Picea rubens, maturing female cones		 Broad-toothed Hedge-nettle: Stachys latidens
Broad-toothed Hedge-nettle: Stachys latidens		 Turk's-cap Lily: Lilium superbum
Turk's-cap Lily: Lilium superbum
Turk's-cap Lily: Lilium superbum
Turk's-cap Lily: Lilium superbum		 Red Trillium: Trillium erectum, fruit
Red Trillium: Trillium erectum, fruit		 Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris
Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes		 Bumblebee on Small Purple Fringed Orchid
Bumblebee on Small Purple Fringed Orchid		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes		 Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes
Small Purple Fringed Orchid: Platanthera psycodes		 Summit of Mt. Mitchell
Summit of Mt. Mitchell
Road to Mt. Mitchell summit
Road to Mt. Mitchell summit		 View from summit of Mt. Mitchell
View from summit of Mt. Mitchell		 Balsam Woolly Adelgid-killed Fraser Firs
Balsam Woolly Adelgid-killed Fraser Firs		 Fraser Fir: Abies fraseri, underside of needles
Fraser Fir: Abies fraseri, underside of needles		 Understory of spruce/fir forest
Understory of spruce/fir forest
Understory of spruce/fir forest
Understory of spruce/fir forest		 Usnea lichens on lower fir branches
Usnea lichens on lower fir branches		 Beaked Dodder: Cuscuta rostrata, early growth
Beaked Dodder: Cuscuta rostrata, early growth		 Red Spruce: Picea rubens, branchlet
Red Spruce: Picea rubens, branchlet		 Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium		 Red Spruce: Picea rubens, early-stage female strobili
Red Spruce: Picea rubens, early-stage female strobili		 Dwarf beech/birch ridgetop forest with dense sedge understory
Dwarf beech/birch ridgetop forest with dense sedge understory		 Rosebay Rhododendron: Rhododendron maximum
Rosebay Rhododendron: Rhododendron maximum		 Dwarf beech/birch ridgetop forest
Dwarf beech/birch ridgetop forest
Craggy Gardens area view
Craggy Gardens area view		 Bristly Greenbriar: Smilax hispida
Bristly Greenbriar: Smilax hispida		 Bristly Greenbriar: Smilax hispida, young prickles
Bristly Greenbriar: Smilax hispida, young prickles		 Bristly Greenbriar: Smilax hispida, mature prickles
Bristly Greenbriar: Smilax hispida, mature prickles		 White Bergamot: Monarda clinopodia
White Bergamot: Monarda clinopodia
White Bergamot: Monarda clinopodia
White Bergamot: Monarda clinopodia		 Northern Sundrops: Oenothera tetragona
Northern Sundrops: Oenothera tetragona		 Table Mountain Pine: Pinus pungens
Table Mountain Pine: Pinus pungens		 Table Mountain Pine: Pinus pungens, mature cones
Table Mountain Pine: Pinus pungens, mature cones		 Bee-balm: Monarda didyma
Bee-balm: Monarda didyma
Flowering Raspberry: Rubus odoratus
Flowering Raspberry: Rubus odoratus		 Bee-balm: Monarda didyma
Bee-balm: Monarda didyma		 Dutchman's Pipe: Aristolochia macrophylla, habit
Dutchman's Pipe: Aristolochia macrophylla, habit		 Common Milkweed: Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed: Asclepias syriaca		 Common Milkweed: Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed: Asclepias syriaca
Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi
Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi		 Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi
Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi		 Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi
Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi		 Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi
Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi		 Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi
Gray's Lily, Roan Lily: Lilium grayi
Blue Ridge St.-John's-wort: Hypericum mitchellianum
Blue Ridge St.-John's-wort: Hypericum mitchellianum		 Blue Ridge St.-John's-wort: Hypericum mitchellianum
Blue Ridge St.-John's-wort: Hypericum mitchellianum		 View of Roan High Knob from Round Bald
View of Roan High Knob from Round Bald		 Cloud ascending Jane Bald
Cloud ascending Jane Bald		 View SW from Grassy Ridge Bald along Appalachian Trail towards Jane Bald (Roan High Knob in background)
View SW from Grassy Ridge Bald along Appalachian Trail towards Jane Bald (Roan High Knob in background)
View from Roan Highlands
View from Roan Highlands		 View of grassy balds atop Roan Highlands
View of grassy balds atop Roan Highlands		 Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat
Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat		 Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi
Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi		 Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat
Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat
Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat
Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat		 Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat
Gray's Lily: Lilium grayi, habitat		 View of Round Bald from Jane Bald
View of Round Bald from Jane Bald		 Cloudland Trail to Roan High Bluff
Cloudland Trail to Roan High Bluff		 Dark-eyed Junco nest
Dark-eyed Junco nest
View downwards from Roan High Bluff
View downwards from Roan High Bluff		 Vertical drop from Roan High Bluff
Vertical drop from Roan High Bluff		 Rhododendron gardens area, Roan Mountain
Rhododendron gardens area, Roan Mountain		 Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)		 Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)		 Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed: Chamerion platyphyllum (Epilobium angustifolium)		 Wild Bergamot: Monarda fistulosa
Wild Bergamot: Monarda fistulosa		 Biennial Gaura: Gaura biennis
Biennial Gaura: Gaura biennis

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Joel McNeal17-Jul-2011 22:43
Even though the size of the flowers can overlap, the placement of the reproductive organs on the column is different between the two species. The easiest way to tell at a glance is to look at the opening to the nectar spur from the front of the flower. The nectar pore is circular to even a slightly vertical oval in P. grandiflora, while P. psycodes has an opening that is constricted from top to bottom (giving the opening a wide rectangular or "dumbbell" shape).
Guest 17-Jul-2011 15:23
How do you know these are the "lesser" purple fringed orchids, and not the "greater" purple fringed orchid (platanthera grandiflora)?
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