New River and Camp Creek Ephremels 800' Elevation Difference

I've been running and exploring on New River and at Camp Creek State Park the last couple of week and have noticed a big difference in peak flowering of ephemerals. New River is roughly 1200' in elevation while Camp Creek is 2050'.


First New River on April 7

Yellow Mandarin

Phlox

Redbud 

Twisted Bellwort 

Large Flowering Trillium

Large Flowering Trillium

Foam FLower 

Miterwort

Waterfall on Mill Creek

Silver Bell

Dwarf Ginseng  

Wild Ginger

Squirrel Corn 

Phlox

Dwarf Larkspur

Fumewort

Dwarf Larkspur

Camp Creek April 13th None of these were visible the previous week

Falls after 2-3 iches of rain