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UC Outdoors: Upper Cumberland Wildflower Expert Eli Harris

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre talks with Eli Harris, a botany student from Tennessee Tech, about wildflowers in our area. The two touch on what are some good tools to take along on hikes to better identify wildflowers, things to consider if someone wants to start a native flower garden at home, and some places in the Upper Cumberland where people can go look wildflowers.

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23 Mar 2024 English United States Wilderness · Leisure

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