At first glance, I fearfully began to yank Amos away from the snake that he found and sniffed curiously. Upon further inspection, I discovered that (1) it was dead, and (2) it was a harmless juvenile milk snake. I wonder if anyone has trained dogs to track herps for fieldwork…
Sea oxeye – Borrichia frutescens
Some of the magnolias in and around Atlanta are very tropical in appearance, especially those that are evergreen.
A somewhat withered looking Figwort, Scrophulariaceae – Penstemon eatonii.
Las Vegas can be seen on the left side of this panoramic photograph. The summit took me about 30 min to reach, but, round-trip, the trail is labeled at 2.5 hr.
