Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Botanical Society of America
- BudBurst
- Calflora.net
- Consumer Notice – Paraquat
- Consumer Notice – Roundup Alternatives
- Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
- Definitions and Abbreviations of Botanical Terms
- Drawing Flowers: Botanical Art and Illustration
- Featured Creatures
- Flower Terminology
- Garden Club of Weaverville
- Glyphosate. What You Need to Know
- Herbarium World
- Highlands Biological Station
- ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS
- Introduction to Bryophytes
- NC Tree Identification
- North Carolina Arboretum
- North Carolina Forest Service Publications
- Progression of Blooms to Support Pollinators in WNC
- Roundup Weed Killer. Is it Safe to Use?
- South Carolina Botanical Garden
- Southern Highlands Reserve
- Species plantarum – Caroli Linnaei
- Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Spring Wildflowers of the Mid-Atlantic
- Teaching Key to Asters
- The Annotated Flora by Ken Moore Flora Columnist
- The Biota of North America Program – North American Vascular Flora
- The Names of Plants by David Gledhill
- Transylvania County Extension Master Gardeners
- United Plant Savers
- University of Tennessee Vascular Plant Herbarium
Hiking Trail and Parks Information
- Blue Ridge Parkway Hiking Trailheads
- Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost Guide
- Blue Ridge Parkway Road Closure Information
- Buck Spring Nature Trail Brochure
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- DuPont State Recreational Forest
- Friends of Collier Cove
- Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway
- Gorges State Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- History of Rattlesnake Lodge
- Holmes Educational State Forest
- Kellogg Conference Center
- Nantahala National Forest
- National Forests of North Carolina
- NC State Parks
- Nine Times Preserve
- Pearson's Falls
- Pisgah National Forest
- SC Trails
Native Plant Societies
- American Chestnut Federation
- American Fern Society
- Arkansas Native Plant Society
- Azalea Society of America
- Botanical Society of America
- Connecticut Botanical Society
- Georgia Botanical Society
- Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS)
- Kentucky Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Native Plant Society – Western Chapter
- South Carolina Native Plant Society (SCNPS)
- Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS)
- Southern Appalachian Plant Society (SAPS)
Other Resources
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
- Bee City USA
- Bullington Gardens
- Hatcher Garden
- Henderson County Public Schools
- ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Monarch Joint Venture
- Monarch Watch.org
- NC Plant Conservation Program Preserves
- NCDOT Travel Information
- Plants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- The Meaning of Latin Plant Names
- The Wild Gardener
- US Forest Service's Celebrating Wildflower site
- Xerces Society
Photography and blogs
Plant Identification
- Backyard Tree Identification Guide
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 1
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 2
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 3
- Carolina Nature
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- Discover Life .org
- East Coast Native Azaleas
- Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont
- Flora and Fauna of the Mid-Atlantic States
- Flora of North America
- Go Botany
- Go Orchids
- Holmes Trillium Garden
- iNaturalist.org
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Missouri Flora
- Name That Plant .net
- National Wetland Plant List
- Native Thistles
- Nature Gate
- NC State Cooperative Extension
- NC Tree Identification
- Ohio Plants.org
- Pl@ntNet
- SERNEC (SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections)
- Southeastern Flora
- Teaching Key to Asters
- USDA Plants Database
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina
- Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 1
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 2
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 3
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 4
- Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern United States 2023
- Weed Herbarium
- Wild Gingers, Hexastylis and Asarum, in North Carolina
- Wildflower Search
- Wildflowers of the United States
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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Springtime in New England
In May 2019 Penny took a wildflower & waterfalls trip to New England. The route was north on Route 7 from the Connecticut/Massachusetts border to Burlington, Vermont, and then further north almost to the Canadian border before returning south alongside … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Ferns, Hiking, Travel, Trees, Views, Waterfalls, Wildflowers
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Yellowstone National Park
Another double-header! Joe and Penny have shared pictures of their trips to Yellowstone. Joe & Mary camped there during August 2010 & Penny visited in May 2016 and September 2017 (23 waterfalls!). Photography by Joe Standaert & Penny Longhurst Resources: … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Animals, Birds, Hiking, River, Views, Waterfalls, Wildflowers
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The South Carolina Botanical Garden
The South Carolina Botanical Garden in Clemson, SC is currently open 7 am to sunset with only the trails open. This is a large garden at 295 acres with many habitats. Allow a day to visit remembering that many visits … Continue reading
Posted in Scouting Trip
Tagged Bugs, Butterflies, caterpillars, Ferns, Grasses, Insects, South Carolina, Trees, Wildflowers
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Hiking in The English Lake District
Lucy writes “Here are pictures from the Lake District in England. Bob and I always stay in Grasmere when we go there, and from there we walk to our hearts’ content, miles and miles of footpaths, some going up into … Continue reading
Western Carolina Botanical Club 