Flora date: Guided tours take hikers to state wildflowers

From: Sunday Gazette-Mail | Date: April 8, 2007| Author: Rick Steelhammer | Copyright information

rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com Once the current cold snap fades away, the rolling hills of West Virginia will once again become green, and millions of dormant wildflowers will emerge from soil warmed by progressively longer hours of spring sunlight. Soon, wildflower enthusiasts venturing into the states hills and hollows will be able to see whether Dutchmans breeches are up and if cowslip is showing. They will be able to track dozens of lady slippers, encounter buckets of bloodroot, and spot tril...

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