Tag Archive: spring

Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Halberd-leaved Violet

Halberd-leaved Violet (Viola hastata) is a very early bloomer in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Flame Azalea

It's that time of year when the late-spring woods ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Pussytoes

The name Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) certainly conjures a soft, cute impression, and in real life, this wildflower is just that. Blooming in ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Thyme-Leaved Bluet

Thyme-Leaved Bluet (Houstonia serpyllifolia) is identified by its four blue petals ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Pennywort

Pennywort (Obolaria virginica) is a diminutive wildflower that can easily be overlooked among the ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Beaked Violet

Beaked Violet (Viola rostrata) is an April blooming wildflower in the Great Smoky Mountains National ...

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Mountain Laurel Time in the Smokies

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Spring Beauty

Spring Beauty (Claytonia caroliniana) is a quiet and reserved April wildflower of ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Wild Stonecrop

Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) is a member of the Sedum family. Mountain legend correlates thriving ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Crested Dwarf Iris

Continuing our theme of spring wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, first up ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Bishops Cap

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Fire Pink

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Fringed Phacelia

Fringed Phacelia (Phacelia fimbriata) is the wildflower that covers the hillsides along the Newfound Gap ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Rue Anemone

These delicate beauties were photographed along the Cove Hardwoods Nature Trail in the Chimneys Picnic Area of the Great Smoky ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Pink Lady’s Slipper

Now here's a rare find! Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is a very ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Painted Trillium

Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) is one of the most attractive, and most elusive of ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Wake Robin Trillium and Bishops Cap

April is prime wildflower time in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so I ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Maroon Trillium

Maroon Trillium (Trillium cuneatum) is not commonly seen at lower elevations in the Great ...

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: White Trillium

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Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: Trout Lily

Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) is an early spring bloomer that can be found before the trees leaf out in the lower elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains ...

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Ode to Dogwoods

It's almost that time of year again, when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is showered with dogwood blooms like a late spring snowstorm. Everywhere you go ... up in the Greenbrier, along the Little River or ...

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Featured Photo: Dogwood Tapestry

Dogwood Tapestry is one of my premier vertical images.  The scene is ...

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Featured Photo: Dogwood Lullaby

Dogwood Lullaby is a comfortable, lyrical photograph. You can almost hear the dogwood blossoms singing a ...

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Featured Photo: Dogwood Rain

Dogwood Rain is from the Tremont area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is one ...

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