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Wildflowers of KY: Yellow Trout Lily, identified by Wendy Burt



2015-04-12 - Across Green River from Greensburg, Green Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener .
The photo was taken on a beautiful day of the most wildflowers, Saturday, April 11, 2015, near Green River in Green County, KY. Wendy Burt's expert advice was requested prior to posting. She writes, Sunday, April 12, 2015, "You have a lovely photo of a Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) which are found in moist woods, often in dense colonies. It's always a thrill to come upon these lovely ephemeral wildflowers!" See quotes from the authoritative "Wildflowers Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians" by Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly & Duhl: "Trout lilies have been called 'living phosphorous sinks,' because their roots retrieve phosphorus from the soil and transfer it to the leaves, making it available to herbivores, such as deer."


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