Trip to Cloudland State Park in Northwest Georgia on June 26th, 2020.
Outlooks with sandstone bluffs
Red-spotted newt in red-eft juvenile stage (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Blusher (Amanita rubescens)
Eastern jack-o'-lantern mushroom (Omphalotus illudens)
Black Jelly Drops (Bulgaria inquinans)
Reddish brown bitter bolete (Tylopilus rubrobrunneus)
St. Johns’s wort (Hypericum prolificum
New York Fern (Parathelypteris noveboracensis)
Flora shots from trip to Yosemite National Park in August 2019
Alpine flora and scenery shots in the Sierra Nevadas. Hike included passing though Forester Pass (13,153 feet) and the summit of Mt. Whitney (14,505 feet). Pictures are from an August 2018 eighty plus mile round trip from Bubbs Creek Trail to Mount Whitney and back.
Camp site under Forester Pass. The summit came the following morning.
The view from Forester Pass.
First view of Mt. Whitney.
The summit of Mt. Whitney. Standing at 14,505 ft, it is the highest point in the contiguous US.
Lichens growing on the granite walls of Mt. Whitney.
Trillium (Trillium cuneatum)
Fire pink (Silene virginica) (1/2)
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Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) (1/2)
(2/2)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) (1/2)
(2/2)
Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) (1/2)
(2/2)
Southern twayblade orchid (Neottia bifolia)
Crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor)
Perfoliate bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) (1/2)
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Rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianum)
Ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
Smooth Solomon’s-seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
Virginia plantain (Plantago virginica)
Orange slime mold
Brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) (1/2)
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Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)
Red Mountain trail
