Tag Archives: Blue Ridge Parkway

Craven Gap North – May 3, 2019

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst & Jim Poling Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show  

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Skinny Dip Falls – September 28, 2018

There were some questions on the walk about the two different “Mountain Fetterbushes”. In the pictures below you can see the difference between the deciduous Eubotrys recurva, which we saw on our walk, and the evergreen Pieris floribunda, seen along … Continue reading

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Big Ridge Loop – September 14, 2018

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, & Jim Poling

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Sam Knob Meadow – September 7, 2018

Be sure to check out Ken’s great video below the pictures!   Photography by Ken Borgfeldt,  Penny Longhurst, &  Jim Poling. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

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Parkway South – August 24, 2018

Great drive. LOTS of plants & pictures! Includes stops at Wagon Road Gap, Log Hollow Overlook, and Wolf Mountain Overlook. The Balsam Mountain Gentian (Gentiana latidens) weren’t blooming yet, but you should be able to see Ken’s previous video of a … Continue reading

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