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Photos from Rd39E on 2007-Jun27:
Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): flower Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): pods Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): pods Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): showing the absence of floral bracts Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): showing the absence of floral bracts Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): flower Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): plant Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): flower Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): plant Autonym-variety spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var maculata): flower One-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda): clump Bumblebee (Bombus sp): on One-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda) Bumblebee (Bombus sp): on One-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda) Bumblebee (Bombus sp): on One-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)
-- the spotted coralroot (var maculata) at this site appear to be afflicted with something that produces black spots; some stems are completely black and lifeless;


Photos from PTH15 on 2007-Jun27:
hole=diggers: some recent holes Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides): flower Loesels false-twayblade (Liparis loeselii): Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides): clump Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides): flower Blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis): Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): flowers Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): flower Ant (Formicidae sp) + Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): caterpillar on Milkweed (Asclepias sp) Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): caterpillar on Milkweed (Asclepias sp) large Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): caterpillar on Milkweed (Asclepias sp) tiny Greenish-white wintergreen (Pyrola chlorantha): plant Greenish-white wintergreen (Pyrola chlorantha): flower Tall meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum): huge