Tour de Fleur: Ross Marble

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Ross Marble Tour de Fleurers

Special thanks to those who attended the Tour de Fleur to the Ross Marble Quarry Natural Area at Ijams last Saturday. The walk was organized by Kathleen Gibi, with the city parks and rec, and Ellen Blasius with the county parks and rec.

Highlights were: ironweed, frostweed, New England aster, Spanish needles, Pennsylvania smartweed, Virginia knotweed, Florida blue lettuce (that's a lot of state and regional proper names, too bad we did not find any Tennessee chickweed). And, of course, lots and lots of blooming ragweed, both giant and common.

Thanks, Kathleen and Ellen.

Kathleen Gibi and Ellen Blasius

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