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.

Catesby Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)
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
Long Spurred Violet
Sometimes the similarities between places is amazing. Great pictures, thanks for sharing & Happy Easter!
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