Tag Archives: Ferns

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve – September 19, 2025

Posted on September 21, 2025 by WCBC

Glassy Mountain is a Piedmont monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins check the post here.  More info on Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve and the plants at Glassy:  Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve by Patrick … Continue reading →

Posted in Field Trips | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

French Broad River Meadow – July 18, 2025

Posted on July 20, 2025 by WCBC

Our walk was on the late Charles Pickelsimer’s private airstrip in Brevard. Mr. Pickelsimer left the 55 acre property, which lies in the French Broad River floodplain, to Brevard College and it was purchased by Transylvania County in 2020 for … Continue reading →

Posted in Field Trips | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ashmore Heritage Preserve – June 6, 2025

Posted on June 14, 2025 by WCBC

Poor Ashmore. Last spring a prescribed burn was done over a large area stretching from Persimmon Ridge Road down to Lake Wattacoo. Since then it’s suffered through Tropical Storm Helene and, more recently, the Persimmon Ridge Fire. Part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Field Trips | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cradle of Forestry – May 23, 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025 by WCBC

The club hasn’t had a field trip at the Cradle of Forestry since we conducted a plant survey in 1999-2000. We got to see what had changed in the past 25 years! Botanical plant names seem to change almost every … Continue reading →

Posted in Field Trips | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Coontree Trail – May 19, 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by WCBC

Perfect weather and a great walk. The trail and plants seem to have survived last year’s Tropical Storm with little damage – and we now have two Orange-fruited Horse Gentian plants! Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe … Continue reading →

Posted in Field Trips | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment