Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Botanical Society of America
- Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
- Definitions and Abbreviations of Botanical Terms
- Featured Creatures
- Flower Terminology
- Garden Club of Weaverville
- George Ellison's "Nature Journal" columns
- Highlands Biological Station
- Introduction to Bryophytes
- NC Tree Identification
- NJUrbanForest.com
- North Carolina Arboretum
- North Carolina Forest Service Publications
- Progression of Blooms to Support Pollinators in WNC
- Project BudBurst
- 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
- The Names of Plants by David Gledhill
- Transylvania County Extension Master Gardeners
- United Plant Savers
- University of Tennessee Vascular Plant Herbarium
Hiking Trail and Parks Information
- Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost Guide
- Blue Ridge Parkway Road Closure Information
- Blue Ridge Parkway Trailheads
- 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
- Botanical Society of America
- Connecticut Botanical Society
- Georgia Botanical Society
- Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS)
- Kentucky Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Native Plant Society – Western Chapter
- South Carolina Native Plant Society
- Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
- Southern Appalachian Plant Society (SAPS)
- WCBC Brochure
Other Resources
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
- Baatany Project — The Goats on Roan Mountain
- Bee City USA
- Bullington Gardens
- 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
- Rare Plants of North Carolina
- The Meaning of Latin Plant Names
- The Wild Gardener
- US Forest Service's Celebrating Wildflower site
- WCBC Brochure
- Xerces Society
Photography and blogs
Plant Identification
- 2 bn The Wild.com
- 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
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 2
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 3
- Carolina Nature
- Common Forest Trees of North Carolina – How to Know Them
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- Discover Life .org
- East Coast Native Azaleas
- Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont
- Flora and Fauna of the Mid-Atlantic States
- Go Botany
- Go Orchids
- Holmes Trillium Research
- iNaturalist.org
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide
- Michigan State University Plant Guide
- Missouri Flora
- Name That Plant .net
- National Wetland Plant List
- Native Thistles
- Nature Gate
- NC State Cooperative Extension
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox – Find a Plant
- NC Tree Identification
- Ohio Plants.org
- Pl@ntNet
- SERNEC (SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections)
- Southeastern Flora
- Teaching Key to Asters
- 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 2020
- Weakley's, Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States 2015
- Weed Herbarium
- Wildflower Search
- Wildflowers of the United States
Tag Archives: Ferns
Glassy Mountain Scout – October 20, 2020
Glassy Mountain is a monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins check last year’s post here. I don’t remember having a field trip here at this time of year before. Things certainly looked different! … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterflies, Ferns, Hiking, South Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area Scouts – Fall 2020
Richard visited Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve & Wildcat Wayside Park on September 23rd & Penny was at Ashmore Heritage Preserve on October 9th. Photography by Richard Holzman & Penny Longhurst. (Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide … Continue reading
Summer in Connestee – 2020
We can’t let Henderson County get all the glory. Transylvania County’s turn! Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom and enter the slide show.
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Tagged Ferns, Hiking, Liverworts, Mosses, North Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Ashmore Heritage Preserve Scout – August 18, 2020
Photography by Richard Holzman. (Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show) Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged Butterflies, Ferns, Fungi, Hiking, Mountain Bridge State Natural Area, Mushrooms, South Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Spring & Early Summer at Sherwood Forest
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) Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryophytes, Ferns, Fungi, Hiking, Lichens, Liverworts, Mosses, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Graybeard Mountain Overlook to Glassmine Falls Overlook Scout – June 8, 2020
Joe and Mary hiked up from Glassmine, Penny from Graybeard, and we met in the middle – totally unplanned. That way we covered it all. Photography by Penny Longhurst & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom. Plants … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Ferns, Hiking, Pisgah National Forest, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Springtime at the Kellogg Center – 2020
Jock has kindly been checking the trails at Kellogg for us. This is what he has seen over the last few months. Photography by Jock Aplin. Click on any picture to zoom. Map of Rudnick Art Trail at Kellogg Center … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Henderson County, Hiking, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Coleman Boundary & Douglas Falls Scout – May 21, 2020
Photography by Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged Ferns, Hiking, Mushrooms, North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest, Trees, Waterfalls, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Big Ridge Loop – May 22, 2020
Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Ferns, Hiking, Pisgah National Forest, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Holmes Educational State Forest, Upper Loop (Demonstration Trail) Scout – May 15, 2020
Holmes Trail Map Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom and view the slide show.
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Tagged Ferns, Henderson County, Hiking, North Carolina, WCBC, Wildflowers
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