Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Botanical Society of America
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: Henderson County
DuPont Visitor Center to Lake Julia Scout – June 23, 2020
Last week, while Penny was walking along Sky Valley Road taking pictures of flowers, I was just a mile or so away walking to Lake Julia taking pictures too! I was delighted to find so many flowers blooming, and delighted … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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 Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after … Continue reading
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Stelloh & Burlingame Gardens – May 6, 2019
Thanks Audrey, Sharon, & Wes! What a treat! Photography by Ken Borgfeldt.
Holmes Educational State Forest, Upper Loop – October 12, 2018
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, fungi, Henderson County, hiking, lichens, mosses, north carolina, WCBC, wildflowers
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Kellogg Center – June 29, 2018
(Click on any picture to zoom) Photography by Jock Aplin & Alice Greko. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged ferns, Henderson County, hiking, north carolina, WCBC, wildflowers
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Holmes Educational State Forest, Upper Loop – October 20, 2017
Holmes Trail Map Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, & Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom and view the slide show.
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Tagged ferns, Henderson County, hiking, mosses, north carolina, WCBC, wildflowers
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Oklawaha Greenway – October 6, 2017
Click on any picture to zoom and enter the slide show. Photography by Jock Aplin, Ken Borgfeldt, & Penny Longhurst. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged Henderson County, Hendersonville, hiking, WCBC, wildflowers
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