This pretty white flower is the Bloodroot. This is a native perennial plant that has a bright red sap which is were the name comes from. We saw lots of bloodroot flowers up on "Little Piney" and "Big Piney" when we went hiking there yesterday. There will be more wildflowers coming soon. Although we couldn't see them, we heard a lot of spring warblers, on their way north or choosing a spot for their place in the northern part of their range. I'm sure we heard the black-throated green warbler and the red-eyed vireo. Turn your ears on and listen for what you can hear.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
This pretty white flower is the Bloodroot. This is a native perennial plant that has a bright red sap which is were the name comes from. We saw lots of bloodroot flowers up on "Little Piney" and "Big Piney" when we went hiking there yesterday. There will be more wildflowers coming soon. Although we couldn't see them, we heard a lot of spring warblers, on their way north or choosing a spot for their place in the northern part of their range. I'm sure we heard the black-throated green warbler and the red-eyed vireo. Turn your ears on and listen for what you can hear.
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Your mention of Bloodroot prompts me to mention the book by Ron Rash I'm reading: SERENA. It's about conflict between the timber industry and the formation of the great Smokey Mt. National Park in the early 1930s. Ron Rash is a friend of a friend of ours here. In SERENA a young woman goes out to gather gensing and bloodroot and other herbs. The book was published in 2008. It's a novel.
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