| WILDFLOWERS |
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I've
found a recent interest in the beauty and identification of
wildflowers. The photos below are the ones I've came across
in hikes and other outings of 2008: |
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Vinca/Periwinkle
(Horse Creek Area) |
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False
Rue Anemone (Bays Mountain Park) |
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| Large-leaf
Phlox (Laurel Fork Gorge) |
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Fire
Pinks (Laurel Fork Gorge) |
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| Bent
Trillium (Margarette Falls Area) |
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Dwarf
Crested Iris (Margarette
Falls Area) |
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| Wild
Vernal Iris (Margarette
Falls Area) |
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Painted
Trillium (Margarette
Falls Area) |
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| Yellow
Trout Lily (Cross Mountain) |
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Winter
Cress? (Osborne Farm) |
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| Common
Fleabane (BVGC) |
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Lyre-leaf
Sage (BVGC) |
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| Common
Buttercup (BVGC) |
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Apple
Tree Flowers (BVGC) |
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| Dogwood
Flowers (BVGC) |
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Wild
Columbine (BVGC) |
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| Dwarf
Larkspur (BVGC) |
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Wild
Geranium with Golden Ragwort in Background (BVGC) |
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| Galax
or Beetleweed (Unaka Mountain) |
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Rhododendron
(Unaka Mountain) |
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| Mountain
Laurel (Unaka Mountain) |
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Coreopsis
(Unaka Mountain) |
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| Rosebay
Rhododendron (Pond Mountain) |
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Blue-Eyed
Grass (Rocky Fork) |
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| More
Coreopsis (Rocky Fork) |
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Elderberry
(Rocky Fork) |
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| Unknown,
Possibly White Bluet? (Rocky Fork) |
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Whorled
Loosestrife (Rocky Fork) |
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| Aster
(Iron Mountain) |
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Bee
Balm (Rocky Fork) |
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| Yellow
Jewelweed (Flint Mountain) |
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