Hi all,

Notes from the backside...

I was at Pisgah yesterday checking out the burn area from 2008 near the junction of trails 6 and 3.Dave Predeek had mentioned at the last STAC (Friends of Buford Park & Mt. PIsgah's Stewardship Technical Advisory Committee) meeting that the fawn lilies in the scorched Oak grove were enhanced by the burn.It is really amazing. If you want to document the effects of a burn on natives, head out there soon with your camera.The lilies are almost TNC, too numerous to count. (And some are starting to scenesce) Mule's ear and Lomatium nudicale were also flowering under the oaks.This is much earlier than normal.

From the fall 2006 burn, the Veratrum, false hellebore, just SE of the kiosk at trail 2, is continuing to do well, but so is the teasel. Shooting stars are in their prime right now.

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Enjoy,
Jim Reed

Stewardship Technical Advisory Committee
Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah