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    Go Wild For Wildflowers On Cleveland Metroparks Wildflower Trails

    News & Press | April 2012

    Go Wild For Wildflowers On Cleveland Metroparks Wildflower Trails

    Posted: April 10, 2012
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    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:



    BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 -or-



    HOLLY KECK - 216-635-3253



    Cleveland Metroparks invites all Greater
    Clevelanders to take a walk and enjoy spectacular spring
    wildflowers before they are gone. Cleveland Metroparks reservations
    have some of the best trails to view nature's spring splendor.



    See what's blooming each week in the following
    reservations:



    Bedford Reservation - Hemlock Creek Loop Trail
    (0.8 miles) offers an amazing display of Virginia bluebells. This
    area is a great place to view many different species of local
    spring wildflowers.  See rue anemone, adder's tongue, wild
    geranium, bloodroot, buttercups,  violets, wild blue phlox,
    wild ginger�just to name a few.



    Big Creek Reservation - Apple Ridge and Beech Hill are
    great places to witness a diversity of many ephemerals.



    Bradley Woods Reservation - Bunns Lake Wildlife Area
    offers excellent viewing of ferns and flowering trees.



    Brecksville Reservation - Wildflower Loop Trail (.75
    miles) features spring wildflowers that are labeled on the trail
    from March through June. Species include: skunk cabbage, marsh
    marigolds, spring beauties, trout lily, Jack-in-the-pulpit,
    cut-leaved toothwort, and great white trillium.



    Euclid Creek Reservation - Squirrel Run Trail (1.2 miles)
    runs along the base of a hillside that hosts squirrel corn,
    Dutchmen's breeches, trillium, trout lily, hepatica, and wild
    geraniums.



    Hinckley Reservation - The bridle/Buckeye Trail
    section between Johnson's Picnic Area and Ledge Lake Loop Trail
     showcase hillsides of white trillium, wild geranium,
    Jack-in-the-pulpit, hepatica, blue cohosh, rue anemone, and
    cut-leaved toothwort.



    Huntington Reservation - Along the Porter Creek
    Trail view bloodroot, toothwort and spring beauty.



    Mill Stream Run Reservation  - South Quarry Loop
    Trail (1.1 miles) features spring species along the East Branch of
    the Rocky River, including golden Alexanders, Virginia bluebells
    and trout lily. The bridle trail just north of The Chalet is an
    excellent exhibit of Virginia bluebells. Royalview Picnic Area is
    famous for bluebells, too. The Butterfly Trail near W.J. Green
    Lodge is good for viewing trillium, cresses, leeks and trout
    lily.



    North Chagrin Reservation - The Scenic Loop Trail (1.6
    miles) showcases trillium, trout lily, bloodroot, hepatica,
    cut-leaved toothwort, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and violets.



    Rocky River Reservation - The
    HauserWildflowerGarden, a maintained spring wildflower garden, is
    beautiful as is Willow Bend where violets, trout lily, bloodroot
    and false rue anemone can be found.



    South Chagrin Reservation - Sulphur Springs Loop Trail
    (1.1 miles), off Sulphur Springs Picnic Area, showcases wood
    betony, blue cohosh, toothwort, spring cress, bloodroot, and all
    the spring beauties.



    To download maps of any of the reservations go to
    clevelandmetroparks.com and click on �trails.�



    Don't miss the amazing spring wildflowers in Cleveland
    Metroparks - part of your life, naturally!



     

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