Just to wet your whistles, here’s our tentative field trip schedule for the next few months and a preview of some of the plants we expect to see.

Friday, July 17 – Shut-in Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, July 24 – Bear Pen Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, July 31 – Frying Pan Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, August 7 – Fawn Lake Loop, DuPont State Recreational Forest, NC
Friday, August 14 – Jackson Park, Hendersonville, NC
Friday, August 21 – Parkway South, Stop and Go, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Friday, August 28 – Sky Valley Road, Stop and Go, DuPont State Recreational Forest, NC
Friday September 4 – Flat Laurel Creek, Black Balsam Road, NC
Friday, September 11 – Glassy Mountain, Pickens, SC
Friday, September 18 – French Broad River Meadow, Brevard, NC
Friday, September 25 – Ashmore Heritage Preserve, Cleveland, SC
Friday, October 2 – Rock Quarry Road, DuPont State Recreational Forest, NC
Friday, October 9 – Sam Knob Meadow, Black Balsam Road, NC
Friday, October 16 – Blue Wall Preserve, Landrum, SC
Friday, October 23 – Holmes Educational State Forest – Upper Loop, Hendersonville, NC
Friday, October 30 – Wintergreen Falls, DuPont State Recreational 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.