Too bad we couldn’t get to walk with the club, but fortunately we took lots of pictures on the scout. Photography by Penny Longhurst & Lucy Prim. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
![Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae] The Last Blooms](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fireweed-chamerion-angustifolium-ssp.-circumvagum-20210915_110439-pl.jpg?w=197&h=197&crop=1&ssl=1 "Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae] The Last Blooms")
![Common Plantain (Plantago major*) [Plantaginaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/common-plantain-plantago-major-nn-20210915_120211-pl.jpg?w=188&h=188&crop=1&ssl=1 "Common Plantain (Plantago major*) [Plantaginaceae]")
![A Flock of Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago roanensis) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mountain-goldenrod-solidago-roanensis-20210915_110509-pl.jpg?w=481&h=270&ssl=1 "A Flock of Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago roanensis) [Asteraceae]")
![Hairy Wood Sunflower (Helianthus atrorubens) [Asteraceae] Plant](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/hairy-wood-sunflower-helianthus-atrorubens-20210915_114657-pl.jpg?w=144&h=257&ssl=1 "Hairy Wood Sunflower (Helianthus atrorubens) [Asteraceae] Plant")
![Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae] Fruit](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fireweed-chamerion-angustifolium-ssp.-circumvagum-20210915_105916-pl.jpg?w=188&h=336&ssl=1 "Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae] Fruit")
![Late Purple Aster (Symphyotrichum patens) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/late-purple-aster-symphyotrichum-patens_img_2793lp.jpg?w=380&h=509&ssl=1 "Late Purple Aster (Symphyotrichum patens) [Asteraceae]")
![Roundleaved Thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/roundleaved-thoroughwort-eupatorium-rotundifolium-20210915_115131-pl.jpg?w=316&h=423&ssl=1 "Roundleaved Thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) [Asteraceae]")
![Hairy Wood Sunflower (Helianthus atrorubens) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/hairy-wood-sunflower-helianthus-atrorubens-20210915_114705-pl.jpg?w=197&h=148&ssl=1 "Hairy Wood Sunflower (Helianthus atrorubens) [Asteraceae]")
Western Carolina Botanical Club 