Natural History Wanderings

Great Smoky Mountains Association  published a new wildflower report by Tom Harrington

Chestnut Top (Beginning to End) – Solomon’s Seal, Sweet White Violet, Foam Flower, Star Chickweed, Meadow Parsnip, Common Milkweed, Beard Tongue, Fire Pinks, Hawkweed, Daisy Fleabane, Maple Leaf Viburnum, Galax, False Solomon’s Seal, Bishop Caps, Mountain Laurel, Long Spurred Violet, Star Grass, Sweet Pinesap, Carolina Vetch, Catesby Trillium, Dog Hobble, and Flame Azalea.

School House Gap (Beginning to End) – Mountain Laurel, Red Clover, Star Grass, Hawkweed, White Clover, Lyre Leaf Sage, Robins Plantain, Hooked Buttercup, Birdfoot Violet, Blackberry, Blue Eye Grass (1), Wild Strawberry, Galax, Carolina Vetch, Sweet White Violet, Daisy Fleabane, Long Spurred Violet, Golden Ragwort, Foam Flower, Crested Dwarf Iris, Fairywand, False Solomon’s Seal, Dog Hobble, Common Blue Violet, Jack-in-pulpit (1), Yellow Trillium, Catesby Trillium, and Little Brown Jugs.

Bote Mountain (Beginning to West Prong Trail) – Sweet White Violet, Yellow Trillium, Daisy Fleabane, Solomon’s Seal, Common Cinquefoil, Galax, Lyre Leaf Sage, Fairywand, Hispid Buttercup, Hawkweed, and Mountain Laurel.

West Prong (Beginning to End) – Hawkweed, Mountain Laurel, Galax, Common Cinquefoil, Star Grass, Sweet White Violet, Hooked Buttercup, Long Spurred Violet, Fairywand, Star Chickweed, Solomon’s Seal, Crested Dwarf Iris, Vasey Trillium (really nice blooms), Yellowwood Sorrell, Yellow Trillium, False Solomon’s Seal, and Carolina Vetch.

see all of their reports at: http://www.smokiesinformation.org/nature-wildlife/wildflower-updates/

Related articles

• Great Smoky Wildflower Report 4/23/12 (naturalhistorywanderings.com)
• Great Smoky Mountains Wildflower Update 4/16/12 (naturalhistorywanderings.com)