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Friends of Mammoth Cave
P.O. Box 2
Mammoth Cave, KY. 42259
Telephone: 270-758-2152
Fax: 270-758-2663 [email protected]
P.O. Box 2
Mammoth Cave, KY. 42259
Telephone: 270-758-2152
Fax: 270-758-2663 [email protected]
Mammoth Cave National Park Wildflower Update
Well, this unusually cool weather we have been having has delayed/affected spring wildflowers, although many species bloomed over the past sunny weekend. This week primarily white wildflowers are blooming at lower elevations like around Echo River Spring, and even in some higher sunny spots like the big sinkholes at Turnhole Bend Nature Trail. In particular, Trout Lilies and Hepatica are wide awake this week. Casual observations, threatened/endangered species not listed.
Dandelion, naturalized Taraxacum officinale
Sessile Trillium..... Trillium sessile
Spring Beauty..... Claytonia virginica
Early Saxifrage..... Saxifraga virginiensis
Toothwort..... Dentaria spp.
Harbinger of Spring..... Eriginea bulbosa
Twinleaf..... Jeffersonia diphylla
Hepatica..... Hepatica spp.
Pennywort..... Obolaria virginica
Yellow Corydalis..... Corydalis flavula
Common Blue Violet..... Viola spp.
Rue Anemone..... Anemonella thalictroides
Chickweed..... Stellaria spp.
Ground Ivy..... Glechoma hederacea
Pussytoes..... Antennaria spp.
Yellow Trout Lily..... Erythronium Americans
Virginia Bluebells..... Mertensia virginica
Stonecrop..... Sedum ternatum
Blue Phlox..... Phlox diverticata, (just starting)