Natural History Wanderings

Wildflower Bloom Update from Great Smoky Mountains Association for March 26, 2012

Legend:   Many Blooms – +       Few Blooms – –        At Peak- AP         Beyond Peak – BP       Just starting to bloom JS

Rich Mountain Loop (Beginning to End) Common Cinquefoil +AP, Plantain Leaf Pussy Toe +AP, Birdfoot Violet +AP, Common Blue Violet +AP, Halberd Leaf Violet -, Yellow Trillium -, Rue Anemoe +AP, Daisy Fleabane -AP,  Carolina Vetch AP, Hairy Buttercup -, Trailing Arbutus -BP, Dogwood +AP, Star Chickweed AP, Stone Crop -JS,  Bloodroot -BP, Wild Oats -JS,  Crested Dwarf Iris -JS,  Catesby Trillium -JS, and Toothwort -BP.

Crooked Arm (Beginning to End) – Common Blue Violet +AP, Yellow Trillium -, Common Blue Violet AP< Birdfoot Violet +AP, Squaw Root -JS, Star Chickweed +AP, Rue Anemone +AP, Plantain Leaf Pussy Toe +AP, Crested Dwarf Iris 1, Catesby Trillium -JS 5, Carolina Vetch +AP, Silver Bell -, Hairy Buttercup -JS, Dogwood AP, Trailing Arbutus -BP, Halberd Leaf Violet -JS, and Serviceberry -AP.

Indian Grave (From Crooked Arm to Rich Mountain Loop) – Common Cinquefoil +AP, Birdfoot Violet +AP, Star Chickweed -, Rue Anemone +AP, Plantain Leaf Pussy Toe +BP, Toothwort +AP to BP, Common Blue Violet +AP, Hairy Buttercup -, Spring Beauty -AP, Blood Root -BP 1, and Squaw Root -JS.

Read all of their reports at  Wildflower Updates | Great Smoky Mountains Association.