Western Carolina Botanical Club

Wolf Mountain Overlook Scout – July 13, 2020

Posted on July 14, 2020 by WCBC

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. What a shame!
Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.

Michaux's Saxifrage (Micranthes petiolaris)

Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Long-leaved Houstonia (Houstonia longifolia)

Mountain St. John’s-wort (Hypericum graveolens)

Green-headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)

Hoary Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)

Appalachian St. John’s-wort (Hypericum buckleyi)

Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia asarifolia)

Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) [Liliaceae]

Climbing False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) [Polygonaceae]

Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) [Ericaceae]

Sticky Asphodel (Triantha glutinosa) [Liliaceae] Leaves

Balsam Mountain Gentian (Gentiana latidens)

Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

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Spring & Early Summer at Sherwood Forest

Posted on July 10, 2020 by WCBC

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)

Feather Moss (Hypnum sp.) with Red Raspberry Slime Mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)

Dog Lichen; Pelt Lichen (Peltigera sp.) [Peltigeraceae]

Still Life with Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum)

Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia) with enclosed larva

Rosebay; Great Laurel (Rhododendron maximum)

Indian Pipes; Ghost Flower (Monotropa uniflora)

Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)

Possibly a Plasmodial Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa)

Fan Club Moss (Diphasiastrum digitatum; Lycopodium digitatum)

Mountain Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra acuminata)

Millipede Weed Liverwort (Bazzania trilobata)

Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris) [Primulaceae]

Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)

Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Posted in Scouting Trip | Tagged Bryophytes, Ferns, Fungi, Hiking, Lichens, Liverworts, Mosses, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

DuPont Visitor Center to Lake Julia Scout – June 23, 2020

Posted on July 3, 2020 by WCBC

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 also that the rain held off until I was almost back to the car. I don’t remember seeing the Lobelia spicata before, so that was quite a nice surprise. It is on the path to the boat house in case anyone wants to go find it! Photography by Lucy Prim.

Mountain Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra acuminata) [Clethraceae]

White Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. latifolia) [Rosaceae]

Smaller Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var, strigosus)

Narrowleaf Evening Primrose, Shrubby Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ssp. glauca)

Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) in Seed

Pale Spike Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) [Campanulaceae]

Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia)

Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Posted in Scouting Trip | Tagged DuPont State Forest, Henderson County, Hiking, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers | 1 Comment

Sky Valley Road Scout – June 23 & 24, 2020

Posted on June 26, 2020 by WCBC

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.

Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) [Ericaceae]

Biltmore Carrion Flower; Upright Smilax (Smilax biltmoreana) [1]

Pencil Flower (Stylosanthes biflora) [Fabaceae]

Roundleaved Thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) [1]

New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) [1]

Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) [Fabaceae]

Wild Quinine; American Feverfew (Parthenium integrifolium) [Asteraceae]

Wild Quinine; American Feverfew (Parthenium integrifolium) [2]

Fameflower; Rock Portulaca (Phemeranthus teretifolius) [2]

Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) [2]

Fern-leaved False Foxglove (Aureolaria pedicularia) [Scrophulariaceae]

Hairy Wood Sunflower (Helianthus atrorubens) [3]

White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus*) [Fabaceae]

Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) [4]

Colic-root; White Star Grass (Aletris farinosa)

Colic-root; White Star Grass (Aletris farinosa) [Liliaceae]

Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) [5]

Hardhack; Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)

Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) [5]

Wild Quinine; American Feverfew (Parthenium integrifolium)

Sensitive Brier (Mimosa microphylla) [Fabaceae]

Narrow-leaved White-topped Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) [Asteraceae]

Deerberry; Squaw Huckleberry (Vaccinium stamineum) [Ericaceae]

Blackseed Speargrass (Piptochaetium avenaceum)

Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

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Bear Pen Gap to Wet Camp Gap – June 3, 2020

Posted on June 19, 2020 by WCBC

We stopped at Wolf Mountain Overlook on the way home, so I’ve included pictures taken there. Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.