Tom Harrington hiked on the Lower Mt. Cammerer Trail on Monday, April 15, 2024, starting at the beginning and stopping at campsite #35.
Bishop Cap – Many – First part of …
Cinquefoil unfolds ‘carpet of yellow’
Wildflower Report – Round Top Trail to about 2-1/2 miles up the trail – 12 April 2024
Bird foot Violet – Many – At peak bloom – Colorful – some of …
‘Inadequate words to describe’ mountain wildflowers
Wildflower Reports – 1 April 2024
Little River Trail (B to Cucumber Gap Trail)
Bishop Caps – Some – Close to being at peak bloom (some just starting to bloom).
Brook Lettuce – …
Purple Wake Robin plants are abundant
Wildflower Report – Norris River Bluff Trail – 29 March 2024
For a change of pace, Tom Harrington visited Norris Dam State Park in Anderson County and hiked the 3-mile Norris …
Trout Lily at peak bloom on Porter Creek Trail
Wildflower Report – Porter Creek Trail – (B to Fern Falls) – 25 March 2024
Bent Trillium – Some – Various stages of the blooming process.
Bird Foot Violet – Few – …
Fraser Sedge in full bloom on West Prong Trail
Wildflower Report – West Prong Trail – Beginning to Campsite #18 – 18 March 2024
Blue Cohosh – 1 Bloom – Few budded – about 6/10 of a mile up the …
On Chestnut Top Trail
Back on the trail – this time on Chestnut Top Trail in the Smokies for the first 3/10 mile. Spotted on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024:
Hepatica – 3 blooms – 10 …
Wildflower lovers – start your engines!
Today (2/14/24) three Hepatica were found in bloom about 3/10th of a mile out the Lower Mount Cammerer Trail on the left. There were several of the flowers budded nearby. …