This is our fourth monthly post on the flora of Sam Knob Meadow. The meadow was glorious! Photography by Ken Borgfeldt and Penny Longhurst. 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.
![Knights Plume Moss (Ptilium crista-castrensis) [Hypnaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/knights-plume-moss-ptilium-crista-castrensis-.jpg?w=296&h=222&ssl=1 "Knights Plume Moss (Ptilium crista-castrensis) [Hypnaceae]")
![Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slender-goldenrod-solidago-erecta-20230911_102841.jpg?w=285&h=161&ssl=1 "Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) [Asteraceae]")
![Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slender-goldenrod-solidago-erecta-20230911_103029.jpg?w=183&h=325&ssl=1 "Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) [Asteraceae]")
![Wavy-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wavy-leaved-aster-symphyotrichum-undulatum-20230911_113311.jpg?w=160&h=160&crop=1&ssl=1 "Wavy-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum) [Asteraceae]")
![Bee on a Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago roanensis) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bee-on-a-mountain-goldenrod-solidago-roanensis-.jpg?w=316&h=237&ssl=1 "Bee on a Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago roanensis) [Asteraceae]")
![Climbing False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) [Polygonaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climbing-false-buckwheat-fallopia-scandens-.jpg?w=316&h=237&ssl=1 "Climbing False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) [Polygonaceae]")
![Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slender-goldenrod-solidago-erecta-20230911_102828.jpg?w=259&h=194&ssl=1 "Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) [Asteraceae]")
.
Western Carolina Botanical Club 