Off to Grandview for a hour or so to see what has bloomed in the past couple of weeks. My first find was a Pink Lady Slipper. It was very light colored and also was on a flat rock where there could not have been more than 4-6 inches of soil.
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| #75- Pink Lady Slipper |
I then revisited the area where I had found only one Showy Orchis two weeks ago and found many at peak bloom today. One cluster of three were almost white.
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| Showy Orchis, light pink, almost white |
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| Showy Orchis, normal color |
The next find was Virginia Pennywort, a member of the
Gentian family and is mycotrophic, a three way symbiotic relationship involving a mycorrhizal fungus and the roots of a woody plant. This is a complex and interesting relationship; I had assumed it was parasitic, but not quite, read more here.
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| #76- Virginia Pennywort |
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| Virginia Pennywort |
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| #77- Striped Maple or Moosewood |
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| #78- Woodland Stonecrop |
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#79- Fleabane
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Colorful Fungi
Grandview is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to hike and search for wildflowers
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What a great assortment of spring species! I especially like the pennywort. Sometimes, it is really hard to find, but it looks like you found some good ones. Myself, I'm still looking for that pure white Showy Orchis. I also found one this year that was "amost" white, but no cigar...
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