#floodplain forest

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“Winter in the floodplain forest”

“The inundated trees in the floodplain hardwood forest of the Mittel Elbe during a winter flood.”

by Dieter Damschen

GDT Nature Photographer of the Year

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" You will freeze in place if you remain this way. You must not, dear. You have to move on. "

- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letter to Sidonie Nádherná, 1st August, 1913

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Part 2 of 2: The rich floodplain forest along the Monongahela River at Friendship Hill National Historic Site is an amazing place for a hike, even in a light drizzle. In fact, the drizzly overcast yesterday accentuated the new spring greens and vivid wildflower hues all the more. Yet more lovely wildflowers from our hike (top to bottom): squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis), closely related to Dutchman’s breeches; great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), which was literally spilling down the hillsides alongside blue cohosh (top photo); sessile trillium (Trillium sessile), an enchanting, clumping wildflower also known as toadshade; dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne), a gorgeous little cow-killer; wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata), also known as woodland phlox; golden ragwort (Packera aurea); and wake robin (Trillium erectum), also known as purple trillium and red trillium.

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Obsessed with this little patch of jungle

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