Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
- Definitions and Abbreviations of Botanical Terms
- Flower Terminology
- Garden Club of Weaverville
- George Ellison's "Nature Journal" columns
- Highlands Biological Station
- Introduction to Bryophytes
- NC Tree Identification
- North Carolina Arboretum
- North Carolina Forest Service Publications
- Progression of Blooms to Support Pollinators in WNC
- Project BudBurst
- South Carolina Botanical Garden
- SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC)
- Southern Highlands Reserve
- Species plantarum – Caroli Linnaei
- Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Teaching Key to Asters
- The Biota of North America Program – North American Vascular Flora
- 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
- 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
- National Forests in North Carolina
- 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
- 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 Tree Identification
- Ohio Plants.org
- SERNEC (SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections)
- SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC)
- 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, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States
- Weed Herbarium
- Wildflower Search
- Wildflowers of the United States
Tag Archives: ferns
Bad Creek to the Whitewater River – October 18, 2019
Information about the construction and operation of the Lake Jocassee Pumped Storage Facility can be found here. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt and Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.
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Tagged ferns, hiking, Lake, river, south carolina, trees, WCBC, wildflowers
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Holmes Educational State Forest, Upper Loop – October 11, 2019
Holmes Trail Map Photography by Ken Borgfeldt & Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom and view the slide show.
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Tagged bryophytes, ferns, Henderson County, hiking, mosses, north carolina, WCBC, wildflowers
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Ashmore Heritage Preserve – September 20, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt. (Click on any picture to zoom)
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Tagged ferns, hiking, Mountain Bridge State Natural Area, south carolina, WCBC, wildflowers
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Kellogg Center – June 21, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, Penny Longhurst, & Jim Poling. Click on any picture to zoom. Map of Rudnick Art Trail at Kellogg Center
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Tagged ferns, Henderson County, hiking, north carolina, WCBC, wildflowers
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Graybeard Mountain Overlook to Glassmine Falls Overlook – June 14, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom.
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Tagged blue ridge parkway, ferns, hiking, pisgah national forest, trees, 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.
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Tagged ferns, hiking, Mountain Bridge State Natural Area, south carolina, views, WCBC, wildflowers
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Big Ridge Loop – May 10, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt. 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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Twin Bridges – April 8, 2019
Our timing was perfect. It started pouring with rain as we were making our way back to the cars after lunch up by the train tracks! If you missed it last year, here is the video about the Class J … Continue reading
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Tagged ferns, hiking, liverworts, north carolina, waterfalls, WCBC, wildflowers
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Pearson’s Falls – April 1, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt
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Tagged ferns, hiking, liverworts, north carolina, waterfalls, WCBC, wildflowers
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Are You Ready to Botanize?!
Are you ready for our field trips? After all this time, do you remember the difference between Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) and Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquifolia)? We can help! This presentation will give a quick review of how our field … Continue reading
Posted in Indoor Meeting, Plant ID
Tagged ferns, liverworts, plant identification, trees, WCBC, wildflowers
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