Description:  Prairie Grove Glade is the largest remaining intact limestone cedar glade in north Alabama and is home to many rare plants, including two that are federally endangered. We should see the following on our trip:  lyreleaf bladderpod (Paysonia lyrata) - Federally endangered 3 counties in NW AL, Alabama gladecress (Leavenworthia alabamica) - endemic to […]

Description: This is a joint outing sponsored by TNPS and TCWP. All are welcome. We will have an excellent opportunity to see spring wildflowers. The first mile is ideal for those with limited hiking capabilities; the trail is wide and flat. For those continuing the next 2 miles are steeper and rougher but still moderate. […]

Speaker Erin Manzitto-Tripp is co-author of the "Field Guide to the Lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park". The GSMNP is home to 909 recognized species of lichens, more than any other national park in the U.S., as well as nearly half of all species known to occur in eastern North America.  Erin is an […]

The Southwest Tennessee Community College Science Club will host an Earth Day Dash & Expo on April 20th. TNPS will have a table to sell books and provide membership information.

Description: This is sponsored by TNPS and TCWP. A wonderful place for spring wildflowers like spreading rockcress and wild hyacinth. If there is interest and time, we could take a second hike to see the rare native smoke tree on the Middle Cedar Mountain. Meeting Places/Times: (1) Little Cedar Mtn. Trailhead (10:30 AM EDT, 9:30 […]

Description: This is sponsored by TNPS and TCWP. We should be able to see an inconspicuous orchid, Wister’s coralroot, among many other spring wildflowers. Some of these flowers are growing on a small cedar barren. Meeting Place/Time: In Oak Ridge at the west terminal trailhead of the greenway along Edgemoor Rd. (TN 170). (Don’t go […]