Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
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More than 1400 species of Wildflowers are native to the Great Smoky Mountains. Every spring in late April Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the site of the week long annual spring wildflower pilgrimage[1] to celebrate this diversity. The park is also the site of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory [2] to inventory all the living organisms in the park. This article lists some of these Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains and references sites for further research.
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[edit] Threats
Plant poaching is a major threat in the park. In particular, Ginseng is a popular target. Removal of specimens such as Trilliums and Orchids for private gardens is also threatening these populations[3].
Air pollution is also injurious to native plant populations in the park.
 Claytonia virginica - Spring Beauty |
 Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's Breeches |
 Dicentra canadensis - Squirrel Corn |
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 Dicentra eximia - Bleeding Heart |
 Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist |
 Trillium luteum - Yellow Wakerobin |
 Conopholis americana - Squawroot |
 Aquilegia - Columbine |
 Jack in the Pulpit |
 Stonecrop |
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 American Ginseng |
 Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Stars |
 Lady's slipper - Yellow Lady Slippers |
 Rugelia nudicaulis - Rugels Ragwort |
 Lycopus americanus - Water horehound |
 Monarda didyma - Bee Balm |
[edit] See also
- Wildflowers of New England
- Wildflowers of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- List of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Brandywine Wildflower and Native Plant Gardens
- Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage
[edit] Resources
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: When & Where to Find Them (Paperback)by Carlos C. Campbell, Aaron J. Sharp, Robert W. Hutson, William F. Hutson, Windy Pines Pub,(April 1996),ISBN 0-9643417-3-5
- Wildflowers Of Tennessee, The Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians (Paperback)by Dennis Horn and Tavia Cathcart, Lone Pine Publishing (2005), ISBN 1-55105-428-0
