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Eastern Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Cedarock Park, Alamance Co., NC 5 Apr 2020 iPhone photo | |
Eastern Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Cedarock Park, Alamance Co., NC 5 Apr 2020 iPhone photo |
Pineland Trailing Phlox (Phlox nivalis var. nivalis) Sandhills Gamelands, Scotland Co., NC 20 Apr 2008 Statewide in North Carolina, espcially common in the sandhills in dry soil habitats. | |
Pineland Trailing Phlox (Phlox nivalis var. nivalis) Sandhills Gamelands, Scotland Co., NC 20 Apr 2008 | |
Pineland Trailing Phlox (Phlox nivalis var. nivalis) Sandhills Gamelands, Scotland Co., NC 20 Apr 2008 | |
Pineland Trailing Phlox (Phlox nivalis var. nivalis) Sandhills Gamelands, Scotland Co., NC 20 Apr 2008 | |
Pineland Trailing Phlox (Phlox nivalis var. nivalis) Sandhills Gamelands, Scotland Co., NC 20 Apr 2008 | |
Pineland Trailing Phlox (Phlox nivalis var. nivalis) Shocco Creek Gamelands Franklin Co., NC 18 April 2004 Plants develop woody tissue at the base of the stems and are often classified as "subshrubs". |
Creeping Phlox (Phlox stolonifera) Haywood Co., NC 15 Apr 2006 This is probably Phlox stolonifera, which is common in deciduous forests in the NC mountains. |
Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Common in various habitats across NC, this individual was growing at 5000 feet along the Blue Ridge Pkwy. | |
Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 |
Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Uncommon in the NC mountains & piedmont. | |
Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 | |
Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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