Category Archives: Scouting Trip
Hemphill Bald & Heintooga Ridge Road Scout – July 14, 2020
Joe and Mary drove up the Heintooga Ridge Road to the end of the paved section and then hiked the Hemphill Bald trail from Polls Gap. Photography by Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to enter the slide show. Plants … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Wolf Mountain Overlook Scout – July 13, 2020
BAD NEWS! Stopped here today (July 20, 2020) and sadly the mowers had taken out the Turk’s Cap Lily as well as loads of other unique plants and left deep, wet, muddy ruts for several hundred yards along the Parkway. … Continue reading
Spring & Early Summer at Sherwood Forest
Harriet and Susan have been checking out the plants in Sherwood Forest. Here’s some of what they saw. Photography by Harriet Walls. (Click on any picture to zoom) Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryophytes, Ferns, Fungi, Hiking, Lichens, Liverworts, Mosses, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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DuPont Visitor Center to Lake Julia Scout – June 23, 2020
Last week, while Penny was walking along Sky Valley Road taking pictures of flowers, I was just a mile or so away walking to Lake Julia taking pictures too! I was delighted to find so many flowers blooming, and delighted … Continue reading
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Tagged DuPont State Forest, Henderson County, Hiking, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Sky Valley Road Scout – June 23 & 24, 2020
Penny drove down Sky Valley Road on June 23rd. Richard went on June 24th. Photography by Richard Holzman & Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) … Continue reading
Western Carolina Botanical Club 