Tennessee Native Plant Society
Event Photos
Event Photo Archives for           can be viewed by clicking on the year.
2006
Crossing Beech Creek in Wayne
County - March 31, 2007.
along the banks of Beech Creek near the Leatherwood community.
dignitaries at the Andre Michaux marker
TNPS Past President Karl Heinzman
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.
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
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
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 to
snap photos of Catawba
Rhododendron
catawbiense.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 TNPS
Board member Bertha Chrietzberg was the recipient of the Robert Deputy
Commissioner Paul Sloan on June 8, 2007.  The award recognizes a lifelong
commitment to the protection of our environment and natural resources
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
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.
Solidago A bumblebee works the
flowers of  - along a mountain
trail.
curtisii
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.