Rare Roan Mountain State Park June 23, 2007 This plant is found mostly in the tundra of Canada and Greenland, so it is a pleasant surprise to find it growing in the mountains of east Tennessee. Formerly known as: Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
Saxifrage Family I was surprised to find this plant in two different places in one day and it was the first time I'd ever seen it! I found it first in a ditch on the Haw Ridge Greenways trail and then later in the creek at the University of Tennessee Arboretum. Ditch Stonecrop is in the Saxifrage Family. The little fly on the flower on the right side of the plant was hovering, thus the wings are blurred. Perennial Where seen: Haw Ridge Greenways, University of Tennessee Arboretum, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Warriors' Path SP
Saxifrage Family
