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- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
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- Botanical Society of America
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- Calflora.net
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- 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
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- Blue Ridge Parkway Hiking Trailheads
- Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost Guide
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- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
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Native Plant Societies
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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
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- Hatcher Garden
- Henderson County Public Schools
- ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Monarch Joint Venture
- Monarch Watch.org
- NC Plant Conservation Program Preserves
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- 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: August 2023
Parkway South – August 25, 2023
Good day to be up on the Parkway when the forecast is for 90 degrees down below! Stops were Wagon Gap Overlook, Log Hollow Overlook, and Wolf Mountain Overlook. We ate lunch at John Rock Overlook. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Ferns, Fungi, Hiking, Insects, North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers, Wolf Mountain Overlook
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Flat Laurel Creek – August 18, 2023
Perfect weather for a hike, unlike the day of the scout! We saw so many orchids that I was reminded again of the poem that Larason wrote after hiking this trail several years ago. Malaxis by Larason Lambert (in Shortia, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Hiking, Pisgah National Forest, Trees, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Whiteside Mountain – August 11, 2023
Whiteside Mountain Brochure Wildflowers of Whiteside Mountain, Jackson County, North Carolina by Kevin Adams Well, we almost made it back before it rained! No matter. The plants were glorious anyway! Photography by Cindy Carpenter, Mary Knierim, & Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Hiking, Mosses, North Carolina, Trees, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Sam Knob Meadow – August 7, 2023
This is our third monthly post on the flora of Sam Knob Meadow. Another successful outing! Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, John Colson, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, & Jim Poling. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Hiking, Pisgah National Forest, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Fawn Lake Loop, DuPont State Recreational Forest – August 4, 2023
What a great field trip! Several different orchids blooming as well as loads of other plants. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Photography by Charlie Brice, Ken Borgfeldt, … Continue reading
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Tagged DuPont State Forest, Hiking, lake, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Western Carolina Botanical Club 