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Ontogeny Recapitulates Phenology
This individual Galax plant follows the same bloom pattern as the Galax population as a whole. Just as the flowers on the bottom of the...

Tal Galton
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A moment in spring
I thought these Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) were looking mighty nice as they began to bloom. Then I noticed the drops of...

Tal Galton
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Ramp season is suddenly upon us. Let's not love them to death.
(Clockwise from left: Some of the first ramps to emerge in the Smokies this year (3/9); Early ramps in the Toe River Valley (3/11); A...

Tal Galton
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Shortia blooms
Remember the Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) that I wrote about in the phenology post? The ones in my neighborhood (2700') started to...

Tal Galton
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