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![Muscle Men - Ironwood or Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) [Betulaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180413_100228pl.jpg?w=279&h=406&ssl=1 "Muscle Men - Ironwood or Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) [Betulaceae]")
![Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) [Geraniaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180413_101823pl.jpg?w=182&h=148&ssl=1 "Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) [Geraniaceae]")
![Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180413_early-buttercup-ranunculus-fascicularis-02kb.jpg?w=243&h=148&ssl=1 "Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) [Ranunculaceae]")
![Southern Sanicle (Sanicula smallii ) [Apiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180413_southern-sanicle-sanicula-smalliikb.jpg?w=211&h=190&ssl=1 "Southern Sanicle (Sanicula smallii ) [Apiaceae]")
After the field trip,a few of us walked along the Davidson River on the Cat Gap trail to see the Trillium grandiflorum. They’ll probably still be blooming for a few more days if you want to go and see them.
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Kathleen Sanders
Western Carolina Botanical Club 