Better late than never! We didn’t get a chance to post these pictures last year! Photography by Penny Longhurst
McCall Cemetery Loop Scout – April 20, 2020
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Tagged Bryophytes, Ferns, Mosses, Pisgah National Forest, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Pink Beds – April Wildflowers
This post shows plants we would expect to see in the Pink Beds in April/May. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom.
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Tagged Ferns, Hiking, North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Glassy Mountain – April Wildflowers
Glassy Mountain is a monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins click here. This post shows plants we would expect to see in April. Read more info on the plants at Glassy in Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve by Patrick D. McMillan
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, David Heavner, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, & Kathleen Sanders. Click on any picture to zoom. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged Bryophytes, Hiking, Lichens, moss, South Carolina, Trees, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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South Carolina Spring Wildflowers
Joe & Mary went camping at Devils’s Fork State Park. While there they hiked, took a cruise on Lake Jocassee, and visited Nine Time’s Preserve before getting rained out!
Photography by Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to start the slide show.
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Twin Bridges – March/April Wildflowers
The following pictures are of plants we have seen at the end of March or in early April on previous visits to Twin Bridges. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, Daudie & John Colson, David Heavner, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.
![Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) [Annonaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170403_102054.jpg?w=197&h=179&ssl=1 "Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) [Annonaceae]")
![Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) [Brassicaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200313_123927js.jpg?w=236&h=257&ssl=1 "Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) [Brassicaceae]")
![Hairy Bitter Cress (Cardamine hirsuta*) [Brassicaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200318_114140pl.jpg?w=210&h=257&ssl=1 "Hairy Bitter Cress (Cardamine hirsuta*) [Brassicaceae]")
![Redbud (Cercis canadensis) [Fabaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/d12011_twinbridges_025-js.jpg?w=412&h=290&ssl=1 "Redbud (Cercis canadensis) [Fabaceae]")
![Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina) [Styracaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/d19012_april_003-js.jpg?w=223&h=157&ssl=1 "Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina) [Styracaceae]")
![Yellow Mandarin; Fairy Bells (Prosartes lanuginosa) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180402_yellow-mandarin-prosartes-lanuginosa-03.jpg?w=145&h=122&ssl=1 "Yellow Mandarin; Fairy Bells (Prosartes lanuginosa) [Liliaceae]")
The variegation may be due to infection by mycoplasma-like organisms and thus considered a pathological condition.
![Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) [Ulmaceae] Seed Pods](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dh-dsc_9671_slippery-elm-ulmus-rubra.jpg?w=400&h=265&ssl=1 "Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) [Ulmaceae] Seed Pods")
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