Episode 15

LOCATION

Great Falls National Park, Billy Goat Trail

Potomac, MD 20854

REFERENCES

General Research

• https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/virginia-bluebells-mertensia-virginica/

• https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l200

• https://www.friendsofbigrockpark.org/post/the-importance-of-being-ephemeral

• https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2015/4/6/the-badass-spring-ephemerals

• https://hikersnotebook.blog/flora/flowers/virginia-bluebells/

• https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/view-virginia-bluebells-and-more-at-bull-run-regional-park.htm

• https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/plant/virginia-bluebells/

• https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2024-03-15-plant-many-colors-virginia-bluebell

• https://www.proquest.com/docview/304428734

• https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/5-things-bluebells/

• https://onrockgarden.com/index.php/plant-of-the-month?view=article&id=260:mertensia-virginica&catid=22

• https://foragerchef.com/virginia-bluebells/

• https://www.gardenista.com/posts/virginia-bluebells-edible/

Great Falls

• https://www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Falls_(Potomac_River)

• https://www.nps.gov/grfa/learn/nature/geology.htm

• https://www.nps.gov/grfa/learn/historyculture/chronology.htm

• https://npshistory.com/publications/grfa/potomac-portage.pdf

• https://www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/billy-goat-trail.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_Fall_Line

• https://npshistory.com/publications/gwmp/patowmack_canal_hsr/sec3.htm

Bloom Color and Bees

• https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/what_are_the_best_flower_colors_to_attract_pollinators-1.pdf

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin

• https://www.science.org/content/article/flower-petals-have-blue-halos-attract-bees

• https://beeculture.com/bees-see-matters/

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