Monthly Archives: June 2015

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Elevated to State Status at USWildflowers.com

OK, that headline may be misleading. “At USWildflowers.com” doesn’t mean we have a scoop on a news story that hasn’t made the mainstream headlines yet; it means that USWildflowers.com is now treating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as it does the individual United States – you can get listings of the USWildflowers’ database of wildflower species that are found in the park.

Whorled Loosestrife - Lysimachia quadrifolia - Low Gap Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Whorled Loosestrife – Lysimachia quadrifolia – along the Low Gap Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, June 28, 2014

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#NPOD: Ballhead Waterleaf #Nativeplants

Native Plant of the Day 06/19/2015

Photo from June 15, 2010. Location: Boise National Forest, Ada County, ID.

Ballhead Waterleaf – for more photos / info go to the  Hydrophyllum capitatum detail page.

Ballhead Waterleaf, Cat's Breeches, Dwarf Waterleaf - Hydrophyllum capitatum

Ballhead Waterleaf, Cat’s Breeches, Dwarf Waterleaf – Hydrophyllum capitatum

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American Umbrella Leaf – Diphylleia cymosa – Added to USWildflowers’ Database

American Umbrella Leaf, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/04/2015.)  Scientific name is Diphylleia cymosa. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the Little River Trail near Elkmont on May 04, 2015. Go to the American Umbrella Leaf detail page for more photos and information.

American Umbrella Leaf, Umbrella-leaf - Diphylleia cymosa

American Umbrella Leaf – Diphylleia cymosa

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