Botanising from SC to WV in One Day

Catesby Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)

During a family vacation in the Carolinas, I had the opportunity to visit the

Anne Springs Close Greenway, a private Nature Preserve in Fort Mill, SC.
 I was there early Friday morning and when we arrived home Friday evening, I headed to the Brush Creek Preserve near my home in WV.  It's interesting to see the variety and similarities that 2400 feet elavation difference and 200 miles separation makes. At Anne Springs, I saw Catesby Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) along with several others. 

The whole time I was in SC, I was worried I would miss peak bloom at Brush Creek. But, I hit it perfect this evening. Below are WV pctures

Bloodroot

Large-Flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) and
Long Spurred Violet

Purple Trillium or Erect Trillium

A Patch of the thousands of Large Flowered Trillium 

Large Flowered Trillium 

Mitrewort

Mitrewort

Wild Ginger

Foam Flower

Trout Lilly

Gaywings or Fringed Polygala

Gaywings or Fringed Polygala

Creeping Phlox

Pussytoes and Creeping Phlox on a shale barren

Female Pussytoes

Male Pussytoes