Read a firsthand account by Diana Digges, our second-year Huron Pines AmeriCorps member serving Michigan Natural Features Inventory, as she searches rugged and remote corners of the Upper Peninsula for Michigan’s diminutive wildflower. … More Searching the U.P. for Michigan’s State Wildflower
The official wildflower of the Great Lakes State is right at home anywhere it can get its feet wet along the rocky coast of Northern Lake Huron, but those places are getting harder to come by. This pint-sized perennial is known for its deep blue flowers that emerge mere inches above the ground for a fleeting few weeks in May and June. It’s a bit of a miracle this fragile flower exists at all. … More Our Wildflower: Protecting the Rare Habitat of the Dwarf Lake Iris