The Blue Ridge Parkway Ridgeline Trail (formerly known to some of us as the Painted Trillium trail, although some suggested it should be renamed the Pinkshell Trail). Photography by Ken Borgfeldt. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) [Sapindaceae] Flower](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/striped-maple-acer-pensylvanicum-flower.jpg?w=209&h=209&crop=1&ssl=1 "Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) [Sapindaceae] Flower")
From Swanson (A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians)
![Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) Bloom [Adoxaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/red-berried-elder-sambucus-racemosa-bloom.jpg?w=242&h=242&crop=1&ssl=1 "Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) Bloom [Adoxaceae]")
![Mountain Fetterbush (Pieris floribunda) [Ericaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mountain-fetterbush-pieris-floribunda-blooms.jpg?w=242&h=136&ssl=1 "Mountain Fetterbush (Pieris floribunda) [Ericaceae]")
Western Carolina Botanical Club 