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Photo Gallery of Tennessee Wildflowers |
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| April 26, 2009: Abrams Fall, Cades Cove, GSMNP |
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| April 24, 2009: Sevier County Hike, GSMNP |
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| April 23, 2009: Chimneys Picnic Area/Hardwood Cove Trail, GSMNP |
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| April 23, 2009: Thomas Divide/Kanati Fork Trail, GSMNP |
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| April 4, 2009: Taylor Hollow, Sumner County |
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| March 28, 2009: Taylor Hollow, Sumner County |
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| March 28, 2009: Taylor Hollow, Sumner County |
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| March 7, 2009: Percy Warner Park, Nashville |
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| March 1, 2009: Percy Warner Park, Nashville |
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| April 20, 2008: Beaman Park, Nashville |
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| April 5, 2008: Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, Ashland City |
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| April 5, 2008: Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, Ashland City |
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| March 30, 2008: Percy Warner Park, Nashville |
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| March 30, 2008: Edwin Warner Park, Nashville |
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| February 17 , 2008: Mossy Ridge Trail in Percy Warner Park, Nashville |
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| July 15 , 2007: Roan Mountain Cloudland Trail |
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| July 15 , 2007: Roan Mountain Highlands |
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| April 21 , 2007: Standing Stone State Park, Overton County |
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| April 21 , 2007: Standing Stone State Park, Overton County |
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| Sept. 17 , 2006: Beaman Park, Davidson County |
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| Sept. 16 , 2006: Kelly Creek Seeps, Williamson County |
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| July 15, 2006: Roan Mountain near Roan High Knob & Carver's Gap TN/NC |
         
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| Apr. 28 , 2006: Sevier County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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| April 2, 2006: Shakerag Hollow on the Perimeter Trail at Sewanee |
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| March 18, 2006: Mossy Ridge Trail, Percy Warner Park, Nashville |
         
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| Apr. 27, 2003: Abrams Falls Trail,
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mts. National Park |
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| Apr. 26, 2003: Great Smoky Mts. National Park |
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| Apr. 24, 2003: Bud Ogle Nature Trail, Great
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| Apr. 24, 2003: Sugarland to Ash Hopper Branch
Trail, Great Smoky Mts. National Park |
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| Apr. 19, 2003: Cedars
of Lebanon State Park, Lebanon, TN |
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| Apr. 18, 2003: Beaman
Park, Nashville, TN |
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| Apr. 12, 2003: Standing
Stone State Park, near Livingston, TN |
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| Apr. 05, 2003: Shakerag
Hollow, Perimeter Trail, University of the South, Sewanee, TN |
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| Apr. 03, 2003: Mossy Ridge
Trail, Percy Warner Park, Nashville, TN |
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| Mar. 20, 2003: Mossy Ridge
Trail, Percy Warner Park, Nashville, TN |
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| Mar.15, 2003: Long Hunter
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Calendar of 2010 Wildflower Hikes & Events
Here's where and when to see wildflowers
in Middle Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Notice regarding hikes: some hikes require advance registration. Phone the sponsoring organization or the leader listed to confirm the date, location, and time of hikes. Trips are rarely cancelled, but sometimes changes are unavoidable. Call ahead to make certain of the precise details of each hike and to assure yourself a spot.
Shooting Star
Dodecatheon meadia L.
Photographed in Beaman Park, Nashville, Tennessee on April 20, 2008
 Woodland scene at Beaman Park, Nashville
Photographed on April 20, 2008
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01.01.10: We've turned the corner of the year and the countdown has begun for the new wildflower season in Tennessee. Last year we found Harbinger-of-Spring (Erigenia bulbosa) opening its tiny petals in the snow on March 1. So it's only a couple of months and counting before the wonderful botanical show begins. We're still processing photos from last year's wildflower hikes and have just put up a new series of images shot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (with some pretty photos of Painted Trillium and Creeping Phlox).
Schedules of wildflower hikes will be posted as they are announced.
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& Edwin Warner Parks: 2010 Wildflower Hikes |
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Warner Parks are among the closest and richest sites for
wildflowers in Nashville. The Warner Park Nature Center will
be conducting FREE wildflower hikes and programs this spring. Dates and locations to be announced. Please call (615-352-6299) to register for a hike. Visit the Warner Parks' webpage with schedules (the spring schedule is now online). See the Friends of Warner Park website for details on special events such as the Full Moon Pickin' Parties and volunteer opportunities.
Spring Hikes 2010
TBA
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| Beaman
Park 2009 Hikes (Conducted by Warner Parks or Friends
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Spring 2010
Hikes to be announced
Unless otherwise noted, these hikes are led by Warner Park naturalists.
Call for more information and to reserve a spot: 352-6299. Warner
Park Nature Center, 7311 Highway 100, Nashville, TN 37221.
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| Standing Stone State Park 2010 Naturalist Rally |
Spring Hikes 2010
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| Radnor
Lake State Natural Area 2009
Wildflower Hikes |
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Radnor Spring Wildflower Hikes: see full schedule
Spring Hikes 2010
TBA
See Friends of Radnor Lake website for see full schedule.
Call 615-377-1281 for more information and to sign
up for free hikes. Reservations are required for hikes
because of limited space.
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| Tennessee Native Plant Society Hikes |
Spring Hikes 2010
TBA
See web site for Tennessee Native Plant Society for contact information and more details on hikes.
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| Fall
Creek Falls Annual Wildflower Pilgrimage |
Spring Hikes 2010
TBA
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| Cheekwood
Museum and Botanical Garden 2009 Wildflower Events |
Spring Hikes 2010
TBA
For more wildflower and botanical events this spring, visit Cheekwood's website. Or call 615-356-8000 for more information and for admission
fees.
Located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37205. 615.356.8000
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| The Elsie Quarterman Glade Festival at the Cedars of Lebanon State Park: |
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Unique Cedar Glades Wildflower Celebration in its 33rd
year
Spring Hikes 2010
TBA
Call for more information: 615-443-2769.
Cedars of Lebanon State Park is located at 328 Cedar Forest
Road, Lebanon Park, 37090.
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| Sewanee
Herbarium at the University of the South 2010
Wildflower Events |
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The knowledgeable Herbarium staff at the University
of the South conduct a number of stellar wildflower hikes
on the Cumberland Plateau during March and April. Some of
the outstanding ones you shouldn't miss include BlueBell Island
(replete with Virginia Bluebells), Shakerag Hollow on the
Perimeter Trail at Sewanee, and Collins Gulf in South Cumberland
State Park(this section is the only other local spot that
rivals Shakerag Hollow for numbers and diversity of spring
wildflowers).
Spring Hikes 2010
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Note from the Sewanee Herbarium's newsletter: wear appropriate shoes on all these walks. Risks involved in hiking include physical exertion, rough terrain, forces of nature, and other hazards not present in everyday life. Picking flowers and digging plants are prohibited in all of the above-mentioned natural areas. For more information, please call Yolande Gottfried at 931-598-3346.
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| Great
Smoky Mountains National Park 60th Annual Wildflower Pilgrimage |
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April 21-25, 2010
Online registration opens on 03/09/2010 at 9 AM Eastern Time (ET) and will close on 04/17/2010 at 4 PM ET.
This is Mecca for wildflower lovers: the variety of species
and the abundance of native plants in bloom during this week
of well-conducted hikes will leave the wildflower enthusiast
in awe. Travelers come from around the world to participate.
"The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual seven-day
event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of
a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks,
motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars.
Most programs are outdoors in the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout
Gatlinburg, TN."
This festival attracts botanists (amateur and professional)
from all over the country; you should visit the web site,
review the hike schedule, and be prepared to reserve your
spot via web registration. The program
of hikes is online.
Tennessee Wildflower
Hikes by location (Photo Galleries):
April 26, 2009: Abrams Fall, Cades Cove, GSMNP
April 24, 2009: Sevier County Hike, GSMNP
April 23, 2009: Chimneys Picnic Area/Hardwood Cove Trail, GSMNP
April 23, 2009: Thomas Divide/Kanati Fork Trail, GSMNP
April 4, 2009: Taylor Hollow Part One, Sumner County
March 28, 2009: Taylor Hollow Part One, Sumner County
March 28, 2009: Taylor Hollow Part Two, Sumner County
March 1, 2009: Percy Warner Park, Nashville
April 20, 2008: Beaman Park, Nashville
April 5, 2008: Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail Part One, Ashland City
April 5, 2008: Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail Part Two, Ashland City
March 30, 2008: Percy Warner Park, Nashville
March 30, 2008: Edwin Warner Park, Nashville
February 17 , 2008: Mossy Ridge Trail in Percy Warner Park, Nashville
July 15 , 2007: Roan Mountain Cloudland Trail
July 15 , 2007: Roan Mountain Highlands
April 21 , 2007: Standing Stone State Park Part One, Overton County
April 21 , 2007: Standing Stone State Park Part Two, Overton County
Sept. 17 , 2006: Beaman Park, Davidson County
Sept. 16, 2006: Kelly Creek Seeps, Williamson County, TN
July 15 , 2006: Roan Mountain (Tennessee-North Carolina stateline)
Apr. 28 , 2006: Sevier County Hike, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mar. 18 , 2006: Mossy Ridge Trail, Percy Warner Park, Nashville
Apr. 27, 2003: Abrams
Falls Trail, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mts. National Park
Apr. 26, 2003: Great Smoky Mts. National
Park
Apr. 25, 2003: Chimneys Trail, Great
Smoky Mts. National Park
Apr. 25, 2003: Courthouse Rock hike, Great
Smoky Mts. National Park
Apr. 24, 2003: Bud Ogle Nature Trail, Great
Smoky Mts. National Park
Apr. 24, 2003: Sugarland to Ash Hopper
Branch Trail, Great Smoky Mts. National Park
Apr. 19, 2003: Cedars
of Lebanon State Park, Lebanon, TN
Apr. 18, 2003: Beaman
Park, Nashville, TN
Apr. 12, 2003: Standing
Stone State Park, near Livingston, TN
Apr. 05, 2003: Shakerag
Hollow, Perimeter Trail, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Apr. 03, 2003: Mossy
Ridge Trail, Percy Warner Park, Nashville, TN
Mar. 29, 2003: BlueBell
Island & Collins Gulf in Savage Gulf Wilderness Area, South
Cumberland State Park
Mar. 28, 2003: Mossy
Ridge Trail, Percy Warner, Nashville, TN
Mar. 22, 2003: Radnor Lake State Park, Nashville,
TN
Mar. 20, 2003: Mossy
Ridge Trail, Percy Warner Park, Nashville, TN
Mar.15, 2003: Long Hunter
State Park, Lebanon, TN
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Wildflowers 2010
Gaywings (Polygala paucifolia)
Great Smoky Mts. National Park 60th Annual Wildflower Pilgrimage will be held April 21-25, 2010. Above photo taken on April 26, 2009 at Cades Cove, Abrams Fall Trail, GSMNP.
Wildflowers 2010
April 4, 2009: Native populations of Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia verna) occur in only two counties in TN, Clay and Sumner. It is found more commonly north of Tennessee.
Spring Ephemerals
March 28, 2009: Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) is unusual in middle Tennessee, but is found in the Nature Conservacy's lush preserve at Taylor Hollow in Sumner County.
Like a Lion
March 1, 2009: Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa) pushes through the snow on the Mossy Ridge Trail of Nashville's Percy Warner Park.
Coming soon:
Virginia Bluebells
photographed on March 30, 2008
Summer 2007 Photos
 07.15.07 Wildflowers of Roan Mountain
Fall 2006 Photos
09.16.06 Large-leaf Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia)
Summer 2006 Photos
07.15.06 Roan Mt.: Lilium superbum [Turk's Cap Lily]
07.15.06 Roan Mt.: Lilium grayi [Gray's Lily]
Resource Guides
Wildflowers Of Tennessee, The Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians by Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl. (Lone Pine,
2005)
Best Garden Plants for Tennessee by Susan Hamilton & Laura
Peters. (Lone Pine,
2006)
Wildflower Photos
04.03.04
Beaman Park: Pachysandra procumbens [Allegheny Spurge]
04.03.04
Beaman Park: Asarum canadense [Wild Ginger]
Extensive collection of photos and bloom dates of southeastern flora by biologist Steve Baskauf at Bioimages Web Site of Vanderbilt University
Identification Books
Wildflowers Of Tennessee, The Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians by Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl. (Lone Pine,
2005)
Wildflowers of the Central South, by Thomas
E. Hemmerly (Vanderbilt Univ. Press, 1990).
Peterson Field Guide Wildflowers: Northeastern/North Central
North America (Houghton Mifflin, 1968).
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers:
Eastern Region (Alfred A, Knopf, 1979)
Wildflowers of Tennessee, by Jack Carman
(Highland Rim Press, 2001)
Resources
University of Tenn. Herbarium
Tennessee
Trails Association Calendar of Hikes
Sewanee
Herbarium at the University of the South
Bioimages Web Site at Vanderbilt University
Radnor
Lake State Park
Great
Smoky Mountains National Park 57th Annual Wildflower Pilgrimage: April 23-27, 2008
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