Lamar Cedar Glades & Woodlands
TennGreen has completed a 206-acre conservation easement in Rutherford County, called “Lamar Cedar Glades and Woodlands”. This project has been in the works for nearly a decade and permanently protects the largest known privately-owned glade habitat in the area.
Three species endemic to cedar glades have been found on the property: Limestone fameflower (Phemeranthus calcaricus), Tennessee milkvetch (Astragalus tennesseensis), and glade cleft phlox (Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria). All three of the most critical conservation plans TennGreen uses to guide its work describe the property as high protection priority. In other words, this project is a big one!
Lamar Cedar Glades and Woodlands has been in Jane Griffin’s family for several generations. Over the years, the land has been a homestead, a cattle farm, an equestrian farm, and now a site mostly for hiking and horseback riding. Jane has generously hosted many wildflower hikes for friends and friends of TennGreen, as she’s passionate about sharing her land with others to help people learn about cedar glades.
For more information and fascinating insight into Middle Tennessee’s cedar glades, please see our full article:
CEDAR GLADES: ALL ABOUT MIDDLE TENNESSEE’S EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE
“In the early 1980’s, we started riding horses on the property that we inherited from our father. The woodlands were not where we played as children and were pretty much unknown environs to us. When spring arrived with the annual glade wildflower spectacle, I fell in love with the glades. In the early 2000’s, I became passionate about protecting and preserving the property from the development that was occurring two miles away on I-840. When [my friend and TennGreen volunteer] Willi Honegger introduced me to the fantastic folks at TennGreen, I knew that they would be the group that would help me achieve my dream; I am so thankful for their help and support.” —Jane Griffin