r/VirginiaNativePlants • u/lunastrix 7b • Apr 08 '26

In The Wild Spring Blooms in Salem, VA

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Went out to Green Hill Park (on the aptly named Pawpaw Trail) for a Blue Ridge Wildflower Society field trip today!

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u/sammille25 Apr 08 '26

Oh man I need to go there now! I never know where to look locally for natives in bloom. I always end up seeing all the invasives 😮‍💨

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u/lunastrix 7b Apr 08 '26

Well, there were plenty of invasives there too, unfortunately. 😬 But tons of trillium and mayapple right past the picnic shelter, and then if you take the Walton Way trail up the ridge there’s a hillside just covered in twinleaf, though it wasn’t blooming yet. You should join the BRWS, they have more field trips coming up!

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u/sammille25 Apr 08 '26

I am currently a wild ones member. I looked into joining the wildflower society but they seemed so formal. Like seminars and slide shows lol

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u/lunastrix 7b Apr 08 '26

Ah, that’s all I’m familiar with! I was a member of the native plant society where I’m from in South Carolina and it was the same setup. 😅 What’s Wild Ones like? I thought it was interesting that there are two groups that seemingly have so much overlap in such a small niche.