Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Appalachian or Kidney-leaved Twayblade (Neottia smallii) [Orchidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kidney-leaf-twayblade-neottia-smallii-_120708-js.jpg?w=221&h=163&ssl=1 "Appalachian or Kidney-leaved Twayblade (Neottia smallii) [Orchidaceae]")
![Large Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora) [Orchidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/large-purple-fringed-orchid-platanthera-grandiflora-02-kb.jpg?w=380&h=487&ssl=1 "Large Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora) [Orchidaceae]")
![Mountain Wood Fern (Dryopteris campyloptera) [Dryopteridaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mountain-wood-fern-dryopteris-campyloptera-_121104-js.jpg?w=147&h=110&ssl=1 "Mountain Wood Fern (Dryopteris campyloptera) [Dryopteridaceae]")
Graybeard Mountain Overlook to Glassmine Falls Overlook – June 14, 2019
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Ferns, Hiking, Pisgah National Forest, Trees, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Mystery Plant – What Is It?!
Can you help identify this plant seen at Black Balsam Knob (approx. 6000 ft)?
If you have any idea what it is, please send us an email at wcbotanicalclub@gmail.com.
Several people have suggested it’s a dried flower, maybe from an abandoned bouquet!
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Hiking, Plant Identification, Wildflowers
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Tanbark Tunnel to Bull Gap – May 31, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, & Jim Poling. (Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show).
![Milk Vetch (Astragalus canadensis) [Fabaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/probably-milk-vetch-astragalus-canadensis-pl.jpg?w=217&h=114&ssl=1 "Milk Vetch (Astragalus canadensis) [Fabaceae]")
![Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis ) [Apiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/honewort-cryptotaenia-canadensis-pl.jpg?w=205&h=189&ssl=1 "Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis ) [Apiaceae]")
![Large Wood Sorrel (Oxalis grandis) [Oxalidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/large-wood-sorrel-oxalis-grandis-pl.jpg?w=314&h=405&ssl=1 "Large Wood Sorrel (Oxalis grandis) [Oxalidaceae]")
![Fire Pink (Silene virginica) [Caryophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thumbnail_silene-virginica-fire-pink20190530_23807-jp.jpg?w=318&h=405&ssl=1 "Fire Pink (Silene virginica) [Caryophyllaceae]")
![Wild Quinine; American Feverfew (Parthenium integrifolium) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wild-quinine-american-feverfew-parthenium-integrifolium-pl.jpg?w=413&h=304&ssl=1 "Wild Quinine; American Feverfew (Parthenium integrifolium) [Asteraceae]")
![Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis ) [Apiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/honewort-cryptotaenia-canadensis-kb.jpg?w=320&h=245&ssl=1 "Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis ) [Apiaceae]")
Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Hiking, Pisgah National Forest, Rattlesnake Lodge, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve – May 24, 2019
Photography by Helen Colson, Alice Greko, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, & Lucy Prim. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) [Lamiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/downy-skullcap-scutellaria-incana-024-eva-russell-chandler-heritage-preserve.jpg?w=334&h=223&ssl=1 "Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) [Lamiaceae]")
![Withe-rod; Possum Haw (Viburnum nudum) [Adoxaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thumbnail_dsc01875.jpg?w=204&h=135&ssl=1 "Withe-rod; Possum Haw (Viburnum nudum) [Adoxaceae]")
![Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) [Cactaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/prickly-pear-opuntia-humifus-034-eva-russell-chandler-heritage-preserve.jpg?w=316&h=211&ssl=1 "Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) [Cactaceae]")
![Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) [Euphorbiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/flowering-spurge-euphorbia-corollata-015-eva-russell-chandler-heritage-preserve.jpg?w=269&h=179&ssl=1 "Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) [Euphorbiaceae]")
![Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) [Lamiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/downy-skullcap-scutellaria-incana-hc.jpg?w=272&h=484&ssl=1 "Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) [Lamiaceae]")
![Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) [Ebenaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/american-persimmon-diospyros-virginiana-011-eva-russell-chandler-heritage-preserve.jpg?w=423&h=282&ssl=1 "Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) [Ebenaceae]")
![Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) [Ebenaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/american-persimmon-diospyros-virginiana-ag.jpg?w=405&h=340&ssl=1 "Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) [Ebenaceae]")
![Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris) [Rosaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/a-blackberry-rubus-sp.-030-eva-russell-chandler-heritage-preserve.jpg?w=412&h=275&ssl=1 "Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris) [Rosaceae]")
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Tagged Ferns, Hiking, Mountain Bridge State Natural Area, South Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Plott Balsam Overlook & Heintooga Ridge Road – May 20, 2019
We started at Plott Balsam Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway (mile post 457.9) and zeroed the odometer. Subsequent stops were made on Heintooga Ridge Road after approximately 1.6 miles at “Mile High OL”, 1.9 & 2.9 miles for roadside botanizing, 4 miles at the Masonic Shrine or Marker at Black Camp Gap, Polls Gap at 6.6 miles, & the end of the paved road after 9.6 miles driving.
Photography by David Heavner, Penny Longhurst, Susan Pfeiffer, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to enter the slide show.
![Rugel's Indian Plantain (Rugelia nudicaulis) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rugels-indian-plantain-rugelia-nudicaulis-20190520_132606-js.jpg?w=396&h=297&ssl=1 "Rugel's Indian Plantain (Rugelia nudicaulis) [Asteraceae]")
![German Knotgrass (Scleranthus annuus*) [Caryophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/german-knotgrass-knawel-scleranthus-annuus-pl.jpg?w=229&h=172&ssl=1 "German Knotgrass (Scleranthus annuus*) [Caryophyllaceae]")
![Fringed Phacelia (Phacelia fimbriata) [Hydrophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fringed-phacelia-phacelia-fimbriata-jp.jpg?w=257&h=202&ssl=1 "Fringed Phacelia (Phacelia fimbriata) [Hydrophyllaceae]")
![Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) [Berberidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/umbrella-leaf-diphylleia-cymosa-pl.jpg?w=359&h=268&ssl=1 "Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) [Berberidaceae]")
![Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella*) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mouse-ear-hawkweed-hieracium-pilosella-20190520_095851-js.jpg?w=335&h=446&ssl=1 "Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella*) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae]")
![Fringed Phacelia (Phacelia fimbriata) [Hydrophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fringed-phacelia-phacelia-fimbriata-dh.jpg?w=366&h=244&ssl=1 "Fringed Phacelia (Phacelia fimbriata) [Hydrophyllaceae]")
![Indian Paintbrush; Painted Cup (Castilleja coccinea) [Scrophulariaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/indian-paintbrush-castilleja-coccinea-20190520_112342-js.jpg?w=364&h=485&ssl=1 "Indian Paintbrush; Painted Cup (Castilleja coccinea) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) [Berberidaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/umbrella-leaf-diphylleia-cymosa-dh.jpg?w=268&h=179&ssl=1 "Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) [Berberidaceae]")
![Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava) [Sapindaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/yellow-buckeye-aesculus-flava-dh.jpg?w=209&h=140&ssl=1 "Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava) [Sapindaceae]")
![Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella*) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mouse-ear-hawkweed-hieracium-pilosella-20190520_095836-js.jpg?w=232&h=174&ssl=1 "Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella*) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae]")
Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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