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fred1st  > Nature > Parkway May Fieldtrip
These images were taken on May 13, 2007, along the Blue Ridge Parkway between Milepost 156 and 163. Though I had my Nikon D200 with me, most of these were taken with the Canon Powershot A620, which has a very good MACRO function. Let me hear from you if you have questions or comments. (You can comment on the gallery or individual pictures.) If you click the image, a sidebar menu will pop up and let you see the LARGE images, which are 800 pixels on the long side.
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fred1st > Indian Paintbrush ~ too colorful for the camera to do justice to
fred1st > Indian Paintbrush ~ #2
fred1st > Indian Paintbrush and Golden Alexander
fred1st > Cinnamon Fern #1: sterile (green) and fertile (cinnamon) fronds
fred1st > Cinnamon Fern #2: rust colored fertile fronds are specialized for producing spores--hundreds of thousands from this one meadow along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
fred1st > Cinnamon Fern #3: another view of the "phyllotaxy" of the plant--the way its fancy leaves or fronds are arranged in space.
fred1st > Royal Fern can grow to over six feet tall. Its fertile fronds are also separate stalks, like Cinnamon Fern, but not colorful or showy. The tallest fronds are fertile. This places them in good position to drop their little genetic packages into the wind for distribution.
fred1st > Can you see why Interrupted Fern is so called? It designates only certain pinnae in the center of the frond for spore production, and bears vegetative (sterile) pinnae above and below.
fred1st > Now this was curious: every unfurling Bracken Fern three-part frond had one or more ants scurrying about busily. What was that all about, I wondered?
Indian Paintbrush ~ too colorful for the camera to do justice to
 > Indian Paintbrush ~ too colorful for the camera to do justice to
Indian Paintbrush ~ too colorful for the camera to do justice to
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