Just to wet your whistles, here’s a preview of the plants we expect to see on our field trips over the next few months.

Friday, July 18 – French Broad River Meadow, Brevard, NC
Friday, July 25 – Shut-in Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, August 1 – Kellogg Center, Horse Shoe, NC
Friday, August 8 – Bear Pen Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, August 15 – Sky Valley Road, Stop and Go, DuPont State Recreational Forest
Friday, August 22 – Mt. Hardy and Wolf Mountain Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday September 5 – Rock Quarry Road, DuPont State Recreational Forest
Friday, September 12 – Frying Pan Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, September 19 – Glassy Mountain, Pickens, SC
Friday, September 26 – Park at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
Friday, October 3 – Sam Knob Meadow, Black Balsam Road, NC
Friday, October 10 – Holmes Educational State Forest – Upper Loop, Hendersonville, NC
Friday, October 17 – Ashmore Heritage Preserve, Cleveland, SC
Friday, October 24 – Blue Wall Preserve, Landrum, SC
Friday, October 31 – McCall Cemetery, Pisgah National Forest, NC

Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Charlie Brice, Billy Dinwiddie, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Janice Irwin, Betty Jones, Sarah King, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.