The Great Smoky Mountains are renowned for the huge diversity of wildflowers.  More than 1,400 species grow in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Of all the areas north of the tropics, only China rivals the southern Appalachian Mountains for plant diversity.  Why so many varied wildflowers?  Would you believe that glaciers are part of the reason behind the variety? During the last ice age, much of North America was scoured by glaciers, and the Great Smoky Mountains became a refu

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GATLINBURG: Wildflowers by Foot or Car