Spring is the best time to see forest wildflowers, while the field and roadside flowers tend to bloom in mid summer through the fall.
In the spring forests you may find Jack in the pulpit, bloodroot, trilliums, spring beauty, trout lilly, wild ginger and others. The trail around Alley Spring, the Slough Trail area at Big Spring, the Pulltite Trail (near the water), and the trail to the Round Spring Cave are all great places to look for spring wildflowers in April and May.
Along roadsides later in the year you will find the prairie species, pale purple coneflower and butterfly weed. True Americans, they are found among such exotic but well established species as ox-eye daisies.
In the fall, goldenrod and asters will add a splash of color to open fields throughout the region.
Please do not pick or dig up wildflowers or other plants. Over 1.5 million people visit the park each year, and the next person enjoys a beautiful flower as much as you do.
