A population of Calopogon barbatus responding nicely to a recent Rx burn. I love how elusive these can be, biding their time underground. I had to come here many times over multiple years before they finally deigned to reveal themselves.
Mass Zephyranthes bloom seen during rare plant surveys today. Growing amongst a carpet of the rare (in the Carolinas at least) Carex chapmanii.
Solidago ulmfolia must be one of the most frequently misidentified species in the southeast. Of the 70 or so specimens from the Carolinas, there is only one (very old) that is actually correct. Seems happy enough in my garden though.
Pinguicula pumila and Dionaea muscipula (barely visible, foreground) in a recently burned pine savanna in Horry Co. SC.
If you're at the Association of Southeastern Biologists this week in Myrtle Beach, be sure to make time to go to Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve. Also come see my talk on a newly described species of Helianthus.
Draba verna, an easily overlooked and fairly miniscule mustard, seen on my run yesterday.
Definitely not an upcoming books could kill episode
In not that long, Solidago verna will be blooming in the Coastal Plain of NC/SC. NatureServe recently re-ranked this to G2 to reflect recent declines observed by botanists working in the area.
Inflorescences of Xyris fimbriata in a large Carolina bay. Had hoped to relocate an old population of Cladium mariscoides. No dice on that but I did find a new population of the globally rare Lobelia boykinii as a consolation prize. Not pictured because bedraggled.
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Looking forward to testing out this new treatment of the Eryngium integrifolium complex this field season. Would be interested in other's opinions on how well some of these new species concepts shake out, especially in the southern Blue Ridge.
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First (maybe last? We'll see how it goes) post, may as well try and push our new paper in JBRIT describing a novel species of sunflower endemic to the Cape Fear Arch region of North and South Carolina. Meet Helianthus waccamawensis:
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