Tennessee Native Plant Society
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Event Photo Archives for can be viewed by clicking on the year.
| Crossing Beech Creek in Wayne County - March 31, 2007. |
| A rare alba form of the common Virginia Bluebells - Mertensia virginica - growing along the banks of Beech Creek near the Leatherwood community. |
TNPS Past President Karl Heinzman
(second from right) is among the
dignitaries at the Andre Michaux marker
dedication at the Tipton-Haynes House
in Johnson City - March 31, 2007.
Michaux stayed with John Tipton
several times on his botanical
expeditions to North America. TNPS
was a major contributor in purchasing
the historical marker.
(second from right) is among the
dignitaries at the Andre Michaux marker
dedication at the Tipton-Haynes House
in Johnson City - March 31, 2007.
Michaux stayed with John Tipton
several times on his botanical
expeditions to North America. TNPS
was a major contributor in purchasing
the historical marker.
| Braving the chilly temperatures at Riverwoods State Natural Area - Shelby County - April 7, 2007. |
| A rare yellow form of Prairie Trillium - Trillium recurvatum - Riverwoods SNA. |
| A pair of Sweet Betsies - Trillium cuneatum - showing a bit of injury from the late freeze - Stillhouse Hollow Falls State Natural Area in Maury County - April 14, 2007. |
| The graceful Stillhouse Hollow Falls serves as the backdrop for some TNPS hikers. |
| Trails and Trilliums keynote speaker, Georgia state botanist Tom Patrick, imparts some humorous anecdotes to the audience. His talk focused on the beauty of spring ephemerals of the southern woodlands with an emphasis on Trilliums. Tom's address was sponsored by TNPS. Sewanee - April 21, 2007. |
| The Piedmont Bush Pea - Thermopsis mollis - a recent addition to the Tennessee Rare Plant List can be found along the trails at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau near Sewanee. |
| A lovely grouping of Spring Blue-eyed Mary - Collinsia verna - in Taylor Hollow in northeastern Sumner County. The largest populations of this Tennessee endangered plant are found here. |
| Taylor Hollow in full spring bloom and perfect weather greeted hikers - April 21, 2007. |
| Limerock Arrow Wood - Viburnum bracteatum - is a Tennessee rare plant found only in Franklin County. Walls of Jericho State Natural Area - May 5, 2007. |
| Exploring one of the many sinks located in the Walls of Jericho State Natural Area. |
| Scurrying up the bluff at North Chickamauga State Natural Area to snap photos of Catawba Rhododendron - Rhododendron catawbiense. |
| Large-flowered Skullcap - Scutellaria montana - is a rare Southeastern endemic found only in Tennessee and Georgia in the vicinity of Chattanooga. This gorgeous plant was photographed at North Chickamauga State Natural Area - May 12, 2007. |
TNPS Board member Bertha Chrietzberg was the recipient of the Robert
Sparks Walker Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Deputy Governor
Stuart Bronson and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Deputy Commissioner Paul Sloan on June 8, 2007. The award recognizes a
lifelong commitment to the protection of our environment and natural resources
as well as community outreach through environmental education.
Congratulations, Bertha!
Sparks Walker Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Deputy Governor
Stuart Bronson and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Deputy Commissioner Paul Sloan on June 8, 2007. The award recognizes a
lifelong commitment to the protection of our environment and natural resources
as well as community outreach through environmental education.
Congratulations, Bertha!
| The Big South Fork area is well-known for its geologic formations. This is one of many picturesque arches found in Pickett State Park - July 28, 2007. |
| Several species of plants are endemic to the sandstone rockhouses found in the Cumberland Plateau. One of them is pictured above, Lucy Braun's Snakeroot - Ageratina luciae-brauniae. |
| Ovate-leaved Arrowhead - Sagittaria platyphylla - a rare Tennessee plant, grows along the shores of many of the wetlands of the Mississippi River Valley. |
| TNPS members on the boardwalk extending out into one of the small lakes at Sunk Lake State Natural Area in Lauderdale County - August 18, 2007. |
| Enjoying the cooler temperatures at high elevation along the state line in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - August 25, 2007. |
| A bumblebee works the flowers of Curtis' Goldenrod - Solidago curtisii - along a mountain trail. |
| University of Tennessee horticulture students recently attended the Cullowhee Landscaping with Native Plants Conference at Western Carolina University. The conference introduces horticulture and landscape architecture majors to the principles of landscaping with native plants as well as choosing the appropriate native for a given situation. TNPS sponsored two students, providing money for the conference registration and classes. |
| State botanist and TNPS Vice-President Todd Crabtree explains some of the unique features of Bark Camp Barrens in Coffee County including the large stands of Maiden Cane - Panicum hemitomon - one of several rare grasses found here. This was one of the field trips offered during the TNPS Annual Meeting held in Beersheba Springs September 14-16, 2007. |
| Canby's Lobelia - Lobelia canbyi - is a rare plant in Tennessee, found mainly in wet fields and barrens in eastern Middle Tennessee - Bark Camp Barrens - September 15, 2007. |