We had another awesome week of wildflower appreciation during KNPS’s 6th annual Botany Blitz! The Botany Blitz is a wildflower-focused bioblitz where participants try to document as many plant species as possible during the week before Wildflower Weekend. This year’s Blitz ran from April 11 through April 19. As in previous years, the Botany Blitz was hosted on the iNaturalist platform, which makes it easy for participants to document, share, and identify their observations through iNaturalist’s website and mobile app. We also hosted a series of “Kick Off Hikes” across the state again this year: on Saturday April 11, and Sunday April 12, several local naturalists and experienced iNaturalist users led guided hikes in preserves, parks, and other natural areas across the Commonwealth. Many thanks to the hike leaders for helping us kick off the Blitz!
This year was a great year for observations, with 50 observers making 3,511 observations of plants in 742 species, the largest number of species every observed during Botany Blitz. Observations were made across the Commonwealth, from the mountains of eastern Kentucky to the grasslands and oak-hickory forests of the Jackson Purchase. Observations were made in 45 counties in the state. In the map below, every orange square is a location where observations were made.
You can see all 3,511 observations at the KNPS Wildflower Week 2026 Botany Blitz page. Here are a few notable observations.
