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20-mile loop trail around Clingman's Dome, Smoky Mountains
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Near the start of the trail.
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It rained most of twelve miles on the first day, stopping thankfully just before we set up Camp 1. What a way to celebrate our anniversaries!
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The Great Smoky Mountains have over 1,400 flowering plant species. We enjoyed a small fraction of them on our trip.
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Close-up of unknown flower.
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Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) was beginning to bloom on the ridge.
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Trout lily, so named for its mottled foliage.
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Spring beauties and trout lilies were blooming everywhere along the high ridge of the Appalachian trail bordering North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Turks-cap lily, which blooms in late summer, was emerging in thick stands along the trail.
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A patch of unusual leaves.
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Foamflower
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Fairybells (Prosartes lanuginosa)
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Early meadow rue
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Dwarf crested iris
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White clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata)
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White clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata) close-up
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