ultra-rare French's Shooting Star flowers at Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve
Channel: Joe DiNoto
Date: 2022-04-24

This ultra-rare species of flowers only grow in the dripline of a sandstone cliff overhang.

Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve in Colbert County Alabama is by far the best private nature preserve I have ever visited. Free to visit, 600+ Acres, 18+ miles of trails. They have water stations and high quality restrooms (not porta-potties, they have actual dug-out concrete foundation toilets that are cleaned daily) set up throughout the clean and very clearly marked and well maintained trail system. The sights are amazing - gently babbling streams, tall waterfalls, giant natural rock overhangs, abundant and diverse wildlife including some ultra-rare flowers that only grow in Colbert County, in the dripline of a sandstone cliff (French's Shooting Star).  If you love nature, you absolutely 100% need to visit this park if you're anywhere near northern Alabama! 

Good news! The Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve is partnered with the Land Trust of Northern Alabama so that your children and grandchildren and *their* children and grandchildren can enjoy it. Read more here: https://www.landtrustnal.org/2020/11/09/cane-creek/