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- 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
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- Buck Spring Nature Trail Brochure
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
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- Friends of Collier Cove
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- Gorges State Park
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- History of Rattlesnake Lodge
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- Kellogg Conference Center
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Native Plant Societies
- American Chestnut Federation
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- Azalea Society of America
- Botanical Society of America
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- 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: June 2021
Sky Valley Road Scout – June 16, 2021
Richard wrote: Was eager for a visit to Sky Valley, realizing it was a bit early for my goal to photograph a Diana butterfly (Speyeria diana). I saw a black and orange male Diana for the first time last year … Continue reading
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Tagged DuPont State Forest, Hiking, Insects, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Graybeard Mountain Overlook to Glassmine Falls Overlook Scout – June 15, 2021
Jim led a small group of friends on the Graybeard Mountain Overlook to Glassmine Falls Overlook trail this week. Some of the highlights from the hike can be seen below. Photography by Jim Poling and Randy Richardson.
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Ferns, Hiking, North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest, Trees, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Boggs Rock Scout – Spring 2021
My first visit to Boggs Rock was April 10, 2021 on a South Carolina Native Plant Society field trip. The Diamorpha was still in bud with not much else save the tadpoles, Carolina Jessamine, and Packera. Was nice to find … Continue reading
Buck Spring Nature Trail – June Wildflowers
Shown below are pictures of plants we have previously seen on the Buck Spring Nature Trail in June. The link to the Buck Spring Nature Trail Guide can be found here. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt & Penny Longhurst. Plants that are … Continue reading
Western Carolina Botanical Club 