Wildflowers include common knapweed and lady's bedstraw, while brambles and roses climb the tombs in wilder areas.
The Preserve usually has an impressive variety of wildflowers in spring including the rare Mount Diablo fairy lantern (Calochortus pulchellus), Mount Diablo sunflower (Helianthella castanea), and Brewer's dwarf flax (Hesperolinon breweri).
The rust fungus Puccinia monoica infects the plant leading to pseudoflowers, which mimic those of yellow, early spring wildflowers (e.g. buttercups), not only in visible light but also in ultraviolet.
Wildflowers found in the Goose Lake Valley area include Common Yarrow, Camas, Larkspur, Elephant-head flower, Blazing Star, and Crane Orchids.
Several types of wildflowers can be seen at the Lakeville Swamp, such as marsh marigolds, Twinflower, and Clintonia.
It was recorded on July 22, 1993, while Petty was recording his Wildflowers album, and was produced by Rick Rubin, guitarist Mike Campbell, and Tom Petty.
Wildflowers that bloom in the area include moss campion (Silene acaulis), alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris), sky pilot (Polemonium viscosum), mountain gentian or Ranier pleated gentian (Gentiana parryi) or (Gentiana calycosa), and paintbrush (Castilleja).
Along with white oak trees, or Quercus garryana, it also has a wide array of native wildflowers in spring, including camas, trillium, iris and larkspur.
Fossil traces in Ordovician limestone and 300-year-old giant trees, vestiges of the great eastern deciduous forest that once covered Tennessee, are important collections on the site, as are pioneer trees and seasonal wildflowers.
As spring arrives and the water in the vernal pools evaporates, wildflowers – such as goldfields, purple owl's clover, and butter-and-egg – germinate in colorful patterns of thick rings or halos around the pool basins.
Kwongan vegetation contains a large number of endemic plant species especially shrubs and wildflowers including yellow flame and toothbrush grevilleas, fan-flowers, and cockies tongues.
The Wildflowers is a novelized miniseries credited to V. C. Andrews, but ghostwritten by Andrew Neiderman.
The park is mostly composed of sand plain country which supports populations of heath, Mallee and Banksia and a large number of wildflowers.