One of the many nice dogwoods still blooming yesterday in the high Ozarks near Red Star...Spring seems to be lagging in the higher elevations, as one might expect.
Some of you may be familiar with the lady's slipper patch near Red Star - or what used to be the LS patch. I visited the area yesterday and found only 4 solitary plants in bloom. It's been a long time since I've been there, but I seem to remember seeing many more the last time. I think some have reported seeing hundreds in past years. I was more than disappointed to see the clearing that has been taking place - for what purpose I'm not sure. It was not logging because the trees in this bottomland were too small. This is the view now of the road along which I saw the lady's slippers a few years ago. I walked around for a bit and it looks like the clearings were intended to be wildlife food plots? Sad not to see more lady's slippers, but glad that a few survived.
Bill,
Sorry to hear about a favorite place. Another spot to view lady slippers is along the path to "Fuzzy Butt" falls. We saw some this weekend. I was camping and hiking with my two grandchildren and pointed out these lovely ladies along the path. There is one spot that is usually covered with them but this time there were just a few scattered around and one really nice grouping. Jack in the Pulpit, Indian Paintbrush and Wild Iris are found also.
Dottie
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6 repliesWe are already green here in Texas with some wildflowers in bloom.
Sorry to hear about a favorite place. Another spot to view lady slippers is along the path to "Fuzzy Butt" falls. We saw some this weekend. I was camping and hiking with my two grandchildren and pointed out these lovely ladies along the path. There is one spot that is usually covered with them but this time there were just a few scattered around and one really nice grouping. Jack in the Pulpit, Indian Paintbrush and Wild Iris are found also.
Dottie