Michaux’s Saxifrage – Native Plant of the Day 09/22/2023
Photo from 9/23/2013. Location: Clingman’s Dome, GSMNP, Swain County, NC.
More photos / info at the Micranthes petiolaris detail page.
Michaux’s Saxifrage – Micranthes petiolaris
Brook Lettuce – Native Plant of the Day 05/04/2023
Photo from 5/4/2015. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
More photos / info at the Micranthes micranthidifolia detail page.
Brook Lettuce – Micranthes micranthidifolia
Early Saxifrage – Native Plant of the Day 04/02/2022
Photo from 4/2/2014. Location: Old Stone Fort State Park, Coffee County, TN.
More photos / info at the Micranthes virginiensis detail page.
Early Saxifrage – Micranthes virginiensis
Brook Lettuce, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/16/2015.) Scientific name is Micranthes micranthidifolia. Photo below was taken along the Little River Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on May 04, 2015. Go to the Brook Lettuce detail page for more photos and information.
Brook Lettuce – Micranthes micranthidifolia
Early Saxifrage, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/4/2014.) Scientific name is Micranthes virginiensis. Photo below was taken at the Old Stone Fort State Park in Coffee County, TN, on Apr 2, 2014. Go to the Early Saxifrage detail page for more photos and information.
Early Saxifrage – Micranthes virginiensis
On April 2, the next day after our Walls of Jericho hike, Dave Ridge and I went by Tennessee’s Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park in Manchester. After the strenuous hike of the day before, we wanted something that was easy. Both of us were impressed by this park, and we only explored a relatively small portion of the available hiking trails. In addition to some trails in other parts of the park, you have several options to explore the section which includes the 2,000-year old earth-covered stone walls – you can stay fairly level up along the top, or take alternate routes down to the river. As we walked along the trail, we heard falling water – the drop off the edge of Tennessee’s highland rim into the central basin forms several very nice waterfalls on both the Big Duck and Little Duck Rivers, just before they converge within the park to form the Duck River.
Big Falls on Big Duck River, Old Stone Fort State Archeological Park. This was the site of a large mill in the 19th century.
Michaux’s Saxifrage, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/02/2013.) Scientific name is Micranthes petiolaris. Photo below was taken on Clingman’s Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sep 23, 2013. Go to the Michaux’s Saxifrage detail page for more photos and information.
Michaux’s Saxifrage – Micranthes petiolaris