Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Botanical Society of America
- Consumer Notice – Paraquat
- Consumer Notice – Roundup Alternatives
- Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
- Definitions and Abbreviations of Botanical Terms
- Drawing Flowers: Botanical Art and Illustration
- Featured Creatures
- Flower Terminology
- Garden Club of Weaverville
- George Ellison's "Nature Journal" columns
- Herbarium World
- Highlands Biological Station
- ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS
- 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 Native Oak Species
- 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: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Purchase Knob – September 10, 2021
From the NPS website: The Appalachian Highland Science Learning Center is based on 535 acres in Haywood County, North Carolina, contiguous with the rest of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The parcel includes the 5,086 foot elevation Purchase Knob, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North Carolina, Trees, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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April Wildflowers on Big Creek and Baxter Creek Trails, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
It’s been quite a while since the club visited either Big Creek or Baxter Creek Trails. Ken found pictures for Big Creek from 2006 and 2007, and Baxter Creek from 2007 and 2008. Joe & Mary were there on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North Carolina, Trees, Waterfalls, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Hemphill Bald & Heintooga Ridge Road Scout – July 14, 2020
Joe and Mary drove up the Heintooga Ridge Road to the end of the paved section and then hiked the Hemphill Bald trail from Polls Gap. Photography by Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to enter the slide show. Plants … Continue reading
Posted in Scouting Trip
Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Purchase Knob – September 6, 2019
From the NPS website: The Appalachian Highland Science Learning Center is based on 535 acres in Haywood County, North Carolina, contiguous with the rest of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The parcel includes the 5,086 foot elevation Purchase Knob, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, North Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Western Carolina Botanical Club 