Shenandoah National Park is awash in wildflowers this summmer. Here is a collection of photographs from Shenandoah this summer.
Trips: Shenandoah Summer Wildflowers 2016

Milkweed
A great magnet for butterflies. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Wild Geraniums
Geraniums bloom for much of the late spring and summer where there is sufficient moisture. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

A Western Storm
Turks Cap at the Point Overlook. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Solitary Cap
Turks Cap. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Goldenrod Fog
Goldenrod blooms in the fog. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

A Hillside Of WIldflowers
Wildflowers bloom on a hillside below Shenandoah's peaks. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Old Rag and Wildflowers
A field of rudbeckia and helianthus bloom with Old Rag Mountain looming in the back. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Black Cohosh
The slender flowering spikes of black cohosh invite us into Big Meadows and the forest's edge. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Pink Allium WIldflower
Pink Allium wildlfower complements the numeous rudbeckia, daisies and helianthus found in Shenandoah National Park. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Columbine Wildflower
A vivid red columbine blooms in the moist shade. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Cow Parsnip Wildflower
The dried seed heads of cow parsnip rise above a field of black eyed susans and sunflowers. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Yellow Abstract
A soft fog blankets Big Meadows' wildflowers. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Butterfly Weed, Asclepias
Orange Butterfly Weed, is in reality a beautiful wildflower that blooms in the open meadows in late summer,. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Meadows Grasses and Wildflowers, 2016
Amidst the drying grasses of late summer grows a medley of orange butterfly weed, yellow rudbeckia and pink clover near Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Queen Anne's Lace Wildflower
Wildflowers White Queen Anne's Lace, or Daucus carota, and pink clover against a backdrop of black eyed susans in Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

A Field of Lace
A wildflower field of Queen Anne's Lace and pink clover grows on the edge of Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Big Meadows Summer Wildflowers
Orange butterfly weed grows amidst a field of pink and white allium and scattered thistle and milkweed, in Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Wilflower Begamot
Purple Begamot or bee balm mixes with white Queen Anne's Lace and white and pink allium in fog covered Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Big Meadows Ferns
Big Meadows has the highest concentration of rare plants in Shenandoah and both contains and abuts important wetlands with two mafic fens, a type of wetland, present that support exceptionally rare flora. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Wildflower Mix
A mix of wildflowers in Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Flowery Overlook
Pink wildflowers line a rock wall at one of the overlooks into the Shenandoah valley. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Pink on White WIldflowes
Queen Anne's Lace, bee balm and clover mix in Big Meadows. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Ferns in the Fog
A massive scape of ferns in Shenandoah National Park. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Jewell Hollow Helianthus
Yellow helianthus wildflowers bloom at Jewell Hollow Overlook. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.

Jewell Hollow Wildflowers on a Summer Day
Wildflowers and butterflies enjoy the view of Jewell Hollow Overlook. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.