Wildflower report – Porters Creek Trail (B-E) 1 May 2023
- Bar Cucumber – (1)
- Bishop Caps – Some – Mostly past peak bloom (many almost gone).
- Black Berry – Some – Mixed stages in the blooming cycle.
- Brook Lettuce – Some – Slightly past peak bloom.
- Common Cinquefoil – Some – Most blooms closed (?).
- Canadian Violet – Many – Some at peak bloom – some past peak bloom – still nice.
- Clinton Lily – Many – At peak boom.
- Dog Hobble – Many – At peak bloom (mostly lower elevations).
- False Solomon Seals – Many ++ – Mostly at peak bloom in higher elevations – past peak lower elevations.
- Foam Flower – Many – Status of blooms varies according to elevation.
- Indian Cucumber Root – Some – appear past their peak in the blooming process.
Painted Trillium (All photos by Tom Harrington)
- Little Brown Jugs – Some
- Long Spurred Violet – Few – Past peak bloom.
- May Apple –
- Meadow Parsnip – Many – Close to being at peak bloom.
- Painted Trillium – (1) – At peak bloom (a thrill to find).
- Prostate Bluets – (2 patches together) – At peak bloom about 3 miles up the trail.
- Robins Plantain – Many – Well past peak bloom (almost gone).
- Solomon’s Seal –
- Solomon’s Seal Grande –
- Squaw Root – Few – Past peak bloom.
- Stone Crop – Many – Mostly past peak bloom.
- Sweet Cicely – Some – In the early blooming stage.
- Sweet Shrub – (1 shrub with blooms) – At peak bloom.
- Toothwort – Few – Right at peak bloom.
- Trillium Erect – Few – Well past peak bloom – almost gone – last half mile of trail.
- Umbrella Magnolia – Some – Appear to be approaching peak bloom.
- White Fringed Phacelia – Very few – Almost gone – well past peak bloom.
- White Violets – Many – At peak bloom (Sweet White Violets as best as I can tell).
- Wild Blue Phlox – Few – Mostly at peak bloom.
- Wild Geranium – Many – Mostly past peak bloom but still very beautiful/colorful.
- Wild Ginger – Few – Past peak bloom.
- Yellow Trillium – Many – Past peak bloom (mostly on the 1st mile of the trail).
Tom Harrington is a regular hiker who reports on wildflowers in the Smokies.