Sedge Family April 15, 2005 This plant looks like grass, but it is in the Sedge family. It is found in the Smokies and Appalachian Mountains of east Tennessee. The white flowers look a bit like mopheads! This plant was blooming along the Little River Trail in the Smokies. Perennial Where seen:Great Smoky Mountains NP, Ijams Nature Center
Frasier's Sedge has monoecious flowers. The fuzzy staminate (male) flowers are at the top of the flower and the two-pronged pistils are below.
Saxifrage Family Height: 8" -20" April 10, 2005 Look for this plant on wet cliffsides. The cliffs of Piney Falls have many of these plants blooming in April. They may bloom up until July. Perennial Where seen: Piney Falls, Piney River, Great Smoky Mountains NP
