Natural History Wanderings

Great Smoky Mts. Association has a new wildflower report for August 11

Metcalf Bottoms Trail B-E – Tick Trefoil, Heal All and Flowering Spurge.

Walker Sisters Cabin Trail  B-E – Tick Trefoil, Cardinal Flower just started blooming, Coreopsis, Dark Jewelweed, Heal All, Thimbleweed, Southern Harebell, Red Clover, Rattlesnake Plantain and Flowering Spurge.Little Brier Gap Trail B-E – Heal All, Reclining Saint Andrews Cross, Tick Trefoil and Yellow Fringed Orchid.

Little Greenbrier Trail B-E – Tick Trefoil, Coreopsis, Reclining Saint Andrews Cross, Wood Nettle, Basil Bee Balm, Smooth Phlox, Rosebay Rhododendron 1, Pale Jewelweed, False Fox Glove, Turk Cap Lily 1, Partridge Pea, Southern Harebell, Curtiss Milkwort, Star Grass, Erect Golden Rod Just starting to bloom, Sweet Golden Rod just staring to bloom and Yellow Fringed Orchid 11.

Wear Gap Road Boundary to Little River – Heal All, Wild Potato Vine, Tick Trefoil, Mountain Mint, Cardinal Flower just starting to bloom, Black Eyed Susan outstanding blooms – at peak, Dark Jewelweed, Smooth Phlox, Red Clover, Flowering Spurge, Joe Pie Weed, Partridge Pea, Horse Nettle, Asiatic Dayflower, Yellow Wood Sorrell, Wild Sensitive Plant, Thimbleweed and Hairy Milk Pea.

See older reports at:  Wildflower Updates | Great Smoky Mountains Association.