Links

Educational

Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Botanical Name Derivations
Botanical Society of America
BudBurst
Calflora.net
Consumer Notice – Paraquat
Consumer Notice – Roundup Alternatives
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
Drawing Flowers: Botanical Art and Illustration
Flora of Northern Alabama by Daniel D. Spaulding, et al.
Flower Terminology
Garden Club of Weaverville
Glyphosate. What You Need to Know
Herbarium World
Highlands Biological Station
ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS (Wilhelm & Rericha, 2017)
Introduction to Bryophytes
Marshall Native Gardens Initiative
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 (BONAP)
The Meaning of Latin Plant Names
The Names of Plants by David Gledhill
Transylvania County Extension Master Gardeners 
Tree Classification Guide & Glossary of Plant Terms
University of Tennessee Vascular Plant Herbarium

Hiking Trail and Parks Information

Blue Ridge Parkway Hiking Trailheads
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost Guide
Blue Ridge Parkway Road Closure Information
Buck Spring Nature Trail Brochure
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
DuPont State Recreational Forest
Friends of Collier Cove
Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway
Gorges State Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
History of Rattlesnake Lodge
Holmes Educational State Forest
Kellogg Conference Center
Nantahala National Forest
National Forests of North Carolina
NC State Parks
Nine Times Preserve
Pearson’s Falls
Pisgah National Forest
SC Trails

Native Plant Societies

American Chestnut Federation
American Fern Society
Arkansas Native Plant Society
Azalea Society of America
Connecticut Botanical Society
Georgia Botanical Society
Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS)
Kentucky Native Plant Society
North Carolina Native Plant Society
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
Bullington Gardens
GenEarth.org
Hatcher Garden
Henderson County Public Schools
ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Monarch Joint Venture
Monarch Watch.org
NC Plant Conservation Program Preserves
NCDOT Travel Information
Plants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
US Forest Service’s Celebrating Wildflower site
Xerces Society

Photography and Blogs

“Crown of the Carolinas” YouTube channel
A Wandering Botanist
Botany Nerd
Fox Tail Natives
Jim Fowler’s Photography Blog
Ken’s Movies
Mark VanDyke Photography
Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians

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
Volume 2
Volume 3
Carolina Nature
Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
Discover Life .org
East Coast Native Azaleas
Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont
Flora of North America; eFloras.org
Flora of Northern Alabama
Go Botany
Go Orchids
iNaturalist.org
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Missouri Flora
Name That Plant.net
Native Thistles
Nature Gate
NC State Cooperative Extension
Ohio Plants.org
Pl@ntNet.org
SERNEC (SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections)
Southeastern Flora
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, by Jean Woods
Wildflowersearch.org
Wildflowers of the United States, uswildflowers.com 

Plant Identification Apps

Flora of Virginia (Android & Apple)
FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia (Android & Apple)
High Country Flora Apps (Android & Apple) 
iNaturalist (Android)
LeafSnap Plant Identification (Android) 
Picture This Plant Identifier (Android)
PlantNet Plant Identification (Android)
Seek by iNaturalist (Apple)
Wildflower Search (Android & Apple)