Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Botanical Society of America
- 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: Trees
Know Your Plants – Botanical Names Beginning with “D”
This week’s post is plants with botanical names beginning with “D”. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you still remember. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Mosses, North Carolina, Plant Identification, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Botanical Names Beginning with “C”
This week’s post is plants with botanical names beginning with “C”. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you still remember. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Betty Jones, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Mosses, North Carolina, Plant Identification, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Botanical Names Beginning with “B”
Rolling right along with our A’s, B’s, & C’s. This week’s post is plants with botanical names beginning with “B”. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you still remember. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Mosses, North Carolina, Plant Identification, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Botanical Names Beginning with “A”
Some of us need reminders so we don’t forget all we learned on our field trips this year. We’ll start at the very beginning with plants with botanical names beginning with “A” & see how far we get by the … Continue reading
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Tagged North Carolina, Plant Identification, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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EZ Tree ID – Carrie Blair – November 4, 2022
Thirty-one members enjoyed the first indoor meeting of the year. Carrie’s program was designed for beginner to advanced plant lovers. She discussed how to “Read Trees” in the field using all aspects of location, elevation, phenology, seasonal patterns, written and … Continue reading
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Tagged Plant Identification, Tree Identification, Trees, WCBC
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Western Carolina Botanical Club 