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 – Near peak bloom.
- Bishop Caps – Some – Approaching peak bloom (mostly after long foot log bridge).
- Blood Root – Few – Various stages in the blooming process.
- Brook Lettuce – Few – Just starting to bloom (below the trail on left first quarter of mile up trail).
- Common Blue Violet – Some – Approaching peak bloom if not at peak bloom.
- Dutchmen’s Breeches – Some
- Foam Flower – Few – In the very early stages of the blooming process – just starting to bloom.
- Golden Ragwort – Few – Just starting to bloom – First mile of the trail. (Some along Greenbrier Road).
- Halberd Leaf Violet – Many + – Mostly at peak bloom.
Hepatica
Hooked Buttercup
- Hepatica – Some – Almost at full bloom – mostly in the Fern Falls area.
- Hooked Buttercup – A couple – Right at peak bloom.
- Large Flowered Trillium – Many – Best display after long foot log bridge and around Fern Falls.
- Long Spurred Violet – Many – at full bloom.
- Robins Plantain – Some – Approaching peak bloom (First quarter-mile up the trail).
- Round Leaf Violet – Some – At peak bloom.
- Rue Anemone – Many – Mostly at peak bloom. (Beautiful)
- Seersucker Sedge – One clump – Just about gone (well past peak bloom).
- Star Chickweed – Many – At peak bloom.
- Sweet White Violet – Many ++ – Mostly at peak bloom (all along the trail both sides).
- Trillium Erect – Few – Closed to peak bloom – Just after long foot log bridge on the right – embankment.
- Trout Lily – Some – At peak bloom – Mostly after the long foot log bridge (very beautiful now).
- White Fringed Phacelia – Many ++ – Should be at full bloom by the weekend (after long foot log bridge).
- Wild Geranium – Few – Just starting to bloom (mostly after the long foot log bridge).
- Wild Phlox – Some – Close to peak bloom (Mostly after the long foot log bridge – (nice).
- Wood Anemone – Some – Should be at full bloom soon.
- Yellow Trillium – Some – Just starting to bloom.
- Yellow Woodland Violet – Some – Approaching if not at peak bloom.
Notes:
- Outstanding display of Wild Phlox along Greenbrier Road.
- Few of the Stone Crop are budded the last quarter of mile before the falls on the left.
- Depending on the weather this weekend should find many of the flowers at peak bloom.
Tom Harrington is a regular hiker who reports on wildflowers in the Smokies.