Before you look at this site you may want to
see Brigadoon in March;
see Brigadoon in March;
I returned to Brigadoon Nature Preserve
in late April to check out the biodiversity.
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| This is the Loop Trail. I turned left to go clockwise around the loop, which brings you back to this point. |
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| A few Spring Beauties are still flowering! Click here for Info |
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| Yellow Wood Sorrel or Sourgrass |
A lemon flavor
Bursts from the flowers and leaves;
Sourgrass.
Click here for Info on Baneberry
Information on the Large-flowered Trillium
Click here to see a video of the creek.
This Bishop's Cap was a treat to see! The flowers are so tiny!
They were growing right next to the creek.
Click here for a video of this view of the Barren River.
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| Information on Sourgrass |
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| White Baneberry or Doll's Eyes |
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| Flower of White Baneberry/Doll's Eyes |
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| Some Spring Phlox Click here for Information |
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| The strange looking Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Click here for Info |
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| A perfect day for a walk in the woods. |
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| Violet Wood Sorrel |
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| Nice! |
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| Mayapples Click here for Information |
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| After this turn you begin seeing some beautiful trilliums! |
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| Looks like Large-Flowered Trillium (Please correct me if I'm wrong on any ID) |
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| Large-Flowered Trilliums start out white and change to pink with age. |
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| Adder's-tongue Fern with sporophyll. |
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| Three in a row!! Information |
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| All the trilliums, today, looked like Large-flowered Trillium. |
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| After this turn you'll begin a sharp descent to the creek. I would call this Trillium Trail. |
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| Grasshopper and Trillium. |
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| A solitary Dwarf Crested Iris...the only one I saw on this side of the creek. Information |
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| The lighting was great! |
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| A fly landed just as I was taking the photo. |
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| The creek is at the bottom of the hill. |
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| Hundreds of trilliums! |
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| This part of the trail is the steepest...be careful. |
Click here to see a video of the creek.
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| Looking up the creek |
This Bishop's Cap was a treat to see! The flowers are so tiny!
They were growing right next to the creek.
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| Bishop's Cap Information |
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| Solomon's Plume with newly forming flowers. Click here for Information |
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| The NE corner of the trail, overlooking Barren River Lake. |
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| A succulent called Stonecrop. Information |
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| Dwarf Crested Irises on the boulder. |
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| Surreal beauty! |
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| The canopy kept the trail cool the entire way. |
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| Daddy Longlegs...which are not poisonous, by the way! Read about the Myth that they are poisonous. |
Here is a plant, below, that does not make flowers.
Information on Rattlesnake Ferns
Remember that ferns are not flowering plants. They reproduce
by releasing spores from their sporangia (spore cases).
Some of the oak trees had plants called Bear Cones or Cancer Root
growing under them (photos below). These are unusual in that they
are non-photosynthetic; they cannot make their own food like
typical plants.
You might be asking yourself, "Why are they called plants, if
they are not photosynthetic?" Biologists decided that if an
organism makes flowers and seeds, then it is a plant, even if
it does not have chlorophyll.
Info on Bear Cones or Cancer Root
Info on Cranefly Orchids
Info on the Showy Orchis
This is the first one I've ever seen. I've been looking
for this plant for many years.
If you're in the Glasgow/Bowling Green, KY area,
you must take some time to take a slow walk at
Brigadoon State Nature Preserve.
For more info on KY's Nature Preserves, click here.
To see Brigadoon in October just click here.
Get out and explore your surroundings!
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| Rattlesnake Fern, a kind of Grape Fern. |
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| Its sporophyll or sporangium, which produces spores. |
by releasing spores from their sporangia (spore cases).
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| Cleavers or Bedstraw |
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| Click here to read about Cleavers as a medicinal herb. |
Some of the oak trees had plants called Bear Cones or Cancer Root
growing under them (photos below). These are unusual in that they
are non-photosynthetic; they cannot make their own food like
typical plants.
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| Cancer Root or Bear Cones or Squaw Root |
they are not photosynthetic?" Biologists decided that if an
organism makes flowers and seeds, then it is a plant, even if
it does not have chlorophyll.
Info on Bear Cones or Cancer Root
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| Bear Cones are actually parasites! They steal nutrients from the roots of oak trees, with the help of fungi. |
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| The leaf of a Cranefly Orchid; its flower will be out in July! |
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| The best find of the day!!! A Showy Orchis! Fantastic! Also called Showy Orchid |
This is the first one I've ever seen. I've been looking
for this plant for many years.
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| The only pines that I saw all day. |
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| A small plant called Pennywort. Information |
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| The end of the Loop Trail. Turn left to get back to the lot. |
If you're in the Glasgow/Bowling Green, KY area,
you must take some time to take a slow walk at
Brigadoon State Nature Preserve.
For more info on KY's Nature Preserves, click here.
To see Brigadoon in October just click here.
Get out and explore your surroundings!
