Tennessee Native Plant Society
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2011 Field Trips
| The group with Millstone Mountain in the background. The mountain rises 125 feet above the Mississippi/Hatchie Rivers floodplain and is home to wildflowers more typical of Middle Tennessee. Tipton County - April 9, 2011. |
| Southern Adder's Tongue Fern - Ophioglossum vulgatum - was found along the base of Millstone Mountain. |
| Doll's Eyes - Actaea pachypoda - occurred in good numbers along the northern terminus of Millstone Mountain in Tipton County. |
| Listed as a species of Special Concern by the state because of commercial exploitation, Goldenseal - Hydrastis canadensis - is renowned for its medicinal properties. Several nice plants were seen on the Millstone Mountain trip of April 9, 2011. |
| The May 15 trip to Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness in White County was a fern lover's dream. At least 10 species were seen, including these enormous Cinnamon Ferns - Osmunda cinnamomea. |
| Along Polly Branch in BFCW were several large bushes of Mountain Laurel - Kalmia latifolia - in bloom. The flowers are so interesting when viewed up close, almost like little pink umbrella's. Even the buds provide an interesting shape. |
| The field trip to BFCW was a joint trip with the North American Butterfly Association chapters in Nashville and Chattanooga with our target butterfly being the Baltimore Checkerspot. Unfortunately, we did not see any Baltimores, but we did encounter this Checkered White, some of which were laying eggs on exotic mustards. |
| We also encountered many plants of Pink Lady's Slipper - Cypripedium acaule - along the flats near Polly Branch on the May 15 trip. |