Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Spring Wildflowers of The Great Smoky Mountains

We just spent two glorious days in the Great Smoky Mountains taking an outdoor education class.  We took a short walk in the woods, trying to identify all the spring flowers.  While spring was truly late this year, the forest floor was still graced with such variety of wildflowers!  I am not all that good at identifying them yet, although I do recognize some of them, but my husband got in on the identification quite avidly.  As I madly sketched away, he would move ahead a few more yards, identify another one for me, and move on to the next.  Always a new flower behind, it was nearly a race to keep up with this fun challenge.  There were more; I couldn't get all of them.  But this is a sampling of what we found.  A few I forgot to write the name in immediately, so I'm not sure now what they are.  But I'll get another chance in a short time, as I'll be going back again.  Can't wait!!!




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