BAD NEWS! Stopped here today (July 20, 2020) and sadly the mowers had taken out the Turk’s Cap Lily as well as loads of other unique plants and left deep, wet, muddy ruts for several hundred yards along the Parkway. What a shame!
Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/turks-cap-lily-lilium-superbum-3.jpg?w=289&h=322&ssl=1 "Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]")
![Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) [Ericaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200713_093942.jpg?w=313&h=185&ssl=1 "Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) [Ericaceae]")
![Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/turks-cap-lily-lilium-superbum.jpg?w=412&h=329&ssl=1 "Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]")
![Climbing False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) [Polygonaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/climbing-false-buckwheat-fallopia-scandens.jpg?w=220&h=143&ssl=1 "Climbing False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) [Polygonaceae]")
![Sticky Asphodel (Triantha glutinosa) [Liliaceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sticky-asphodel-triantha-glutinosa-canadian-burnet-sanguisorba-canadensis-leaves.jpg?w=381&h=235&ssl=1 "Sticky Asphodel (Triantha glutinosa) [Liliaceae] Leaves")
Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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