Natural History Wanderings

Great Smoky Mountains Association just published a new wildflower report

Lead Cove (Beginning to End) – Catesby Trillium, Yellow Trillium, Sweet White Violets, Dog Hobble, False Solomon’s Seal, Foam Flower, Vasey Trillium, Trillium Erect, Rue Anemone, Crested Dwarf Iris, Squaw Root, Canadian Violet, Common Blue Violet, Sweet Shrub, Little Brown Jugs, Hooked Buttercup, Lousewort, Sweet Cicely, and Striped Maple.

Bote Mountain (From Lead Cove Trail to Finely Cane Tr)l – Service Berry, Star Grass, Rue Anemone, Catesby Trillium, Sweet Shrub, Dogwood, Blackberry, Wild Oats, Common Cinquefoil, Hawkweed, Dog Hobble, Galax, and Solomon’s Seal.

Finely Cane (Beginning to End)  – Yellow Trillium, Crested Dwarf Iris, Sweet White Violet, Long Spurred Violet, Star Chickweed, Rue Anemone, Yellow Mandarin, Dog Hobble, Foam Flower, Vasey Trillium, May Apple, Blue Cohosh, Doll Eyes (White Baneberry – 1), Canadian Violets, Solomon’s Seal, Catesby Trillium, False Solomon’s Seal, Bishop Caps, Trillium Erect, Sweet Shrub, Tulip Tree, Blackberry, Shuttleworth’s Ginger, Common Cinquefoil, and Galax.