Botanical Tour at the Couchville Cedar Glade State Natural Area.

Wednesday, June 26 2013, 10:00am

Reservations Required: Contact Todd Crabtree at (615) 532-1379 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by May 22.
This natural area protects one of the best examples of a glade-barrens complex. We will take a botanical tour and see a healthy population of the federally endangered Tennessee coneflower ( Echinacea tennesseensis) and other rare plants of cedar glades as well as those of grassy barrens. The Tennessee coneflower was proposed as a federally endangered species in 1976 and determined to be endangered in 1979. The coneflower grows near the edge of open cedar glades. Other rare and uncommon species inhabit the open glades. Grassy barrens are nearby and we will see an odd, possibly undescribed, variety of little bluestem there. Limestone outcrops in the cedar-blue ash woodlands contain an interesting assemblage of mosses. The best way to learn about plants is to see them in their natural environment and we will see numerous species that are members of a unique community of plants found in cedar glades and barrens of Middle Tennessee.

Location : Couchville Cedar Glade State Natural Area.
Contact : Todd Crabtree at (615) 532-1379 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Reservations Required: Contact Todd Crabtree at (615) 532-1379 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by May 22.

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