Dr. Rick Boyce from Northern Kentucky University’s Research & Education Field Station takes us on a tour of the wildflowers in bloom at St. Anne’s Woods & Wetlands in Campbell County. Renowned ecologist Lucy Braun described this natural area in 1916 as “the best depression forest on the Ohio River floodplain.”
Spring Flora of Glades and Barrens at Embry Lay – Length 10:40
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist Tony Romano for a tour of spring flowers and flora in a rare glade and barrens habitat complex. We’ll explore plants adapted to thin soils, fires, and grassland openings.
Ephemeral Wildflowers…Gems of the Forest! – Length 3:48
Learn about Kentucky’s fleeting beauties – ephemeral wildflowers, with Nikki Nivison, Conservation Educator with the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources at the Salato Wildlife Center in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Native Plant Garden Tour – Length 8:21
Katrina Kelly, Owner of EARTHeim Landscape Design, gives us a tour of some of the native spring ephemerals blooming in her garden in Lexington.
Wildflowers of Cove Spring Park – Length 11:11
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist and Lichenologist Kendall McDonald as she explores what spring ephemerals are blooming at Cove Springs Park in Frankfort, KY.
Betty Hall’s Native Garden Tour – Length 13:33
Join Betty Hall in a tour of her native garden.
Ferns of Anglin Falls – Length 5:35
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist Rachel Cook on a virtual hike through John B. Stephenson Memorial Forest State Nature Preserve. While this Preserve is known for its beauty, Anglin Falls, it also has a great diversity of ferns with 32 species!