Mint search while in Virginia and West Virginia (June 2024)
Travel notes for personal future reference and possibly posterity.
Checklist of mints to find:
- Agastache nepetoides
- Blephilia ciliata
- Callicarpa dichotoma
- Chaiturus marrubiastrum
- Lycopus virginicus
- Meehania cordata
- Monarda brevis
- Monarda clinopodia
- Monarda didyma
- Pycnanthemum incanum
- Pycnanthemum torreyi
- Scutellaria saxatilis
- Scutellaria serrata
Charlottesville City Limits
Ragged Mountain
Pycnanthemum incanum
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54259255
Lycopus virginicus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158914618
Rivanna Trail
Lycopus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97491726 Inaccurate
Hedeoma pulegioides
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151132982 Inaccurate
Avon Street Ext.
Pycnanthemum torreyi
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61117146
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61117291
Skyline Drive
Jarman Gap
Scutellaria serrata
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48241552
Doyles River Overlook
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84240607
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53969052
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173510222 (one mile away from first site if necessary)
Scutellaria serrata
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49972358
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25643451 (two miles away from first site if necessary)
Frazier Discovery Trailhead
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51961658
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171969482
Ivy Creek Overlook
Chaiturus marrubiastrum
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31109540 possible vegetative
Hightop Summit Trailhead
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173499537
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88083014
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90170513
Bootens Gap
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172593379
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125704027
Hazeltop Ridge Overlook
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85552098 no uncertainty recorded
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173921189
Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Visitor Center
Pycnanthemum (check cultivation status of some unlikely occurrences)
Lycopus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180561589
Hawksbill Gap
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150365477
Old Rag Fire Road
Chaiturus marrubiastrum
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59732186
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85542853
Monarda clinopodia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125964933
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85543833
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171031854
Monarda didyma
Two well-documented locations. Check along stream margins. May be budding/flowering.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346287
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174953799
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160492457
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175804887
Beahms Gap Overlook
Chaiturus marrubiastrum
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181307699 possible vegetative
Elkwallow Picnic Area
Scutellaria saxatilis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57339192
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83039122
38.775230, -78.211046 "Saxatilis Ridge"
Scutellaria saxatilis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105629762
Smoke Hole
Monarda brevis and Blephilia ciliata throughout
Smoke Hole roadside hills 1 ( 38.855281, -79.280888 )
- Park at the turnoff and search hills
Smoke Hole roadside hills 2 ( 38.867196, -79.271652 )
- Park at the turnoff and search hills
Smoke Hole roadside hills 3 ( 38.888515, -79.250489 )
- Park at the turnoff and search hills
Big Bend Campground
- Go up hill
Redman Run Trailhead
- Hike on the eastern trail
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Meehania cordata
Cranberry Glades Boardwalk
Cow Pasture Trail to Cranberry Glades Observation Tower
Notes after the Trip
- All species on the checklist were observed except Agastache nepetoides, Callicarpa dichotoma, Monarda brevis, and Pycnanthemum torreyi. Another time...
- 105 observations from 31 species of Lamiaceae