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: views
Bear Pen Gap to Wet Camp Gap – June 3, 2020
We stopped at Wolf Mountain Overlook on the way home, so I’ve included pictures taken there. Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom.
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Tagged blue ridge parkway, hiking, north carolina, pisgah national forest, views, WCBC, wildflowers, wolf mountain overlook
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Sam Knob – Flat Laurel Creek Loop & Log Hollow Overlook – June 12, 2020
Stopped at Log Hollow Overlook on the way back from the Black Balsam trailhead. Glad we did! Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by … Continue reading
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Tagged blue ridge parkway, butterflies, hiking, north carolina, pisgah national forest, views, WCBC, wildflowers
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BRP Ridgeline Trail Scout – May 17, 2020
Sadly there must have been a recent frost that killed leaves and blooms of many of the plants at the top of the ridge – but not the Trilliums! Some pictures were taken along the Parkway adjacent to the trailhead … Continue reading
Glassy Mountain Scouts – April 6 & 7, 2020
Glassy Mountain is a monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins check last year’s post here. Our field trip was scheduled a little earlier this year than when we usually visit. However, most of … Continue reading
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Tagged hiking, south carolina, trees, views, WCBC, wildflowers
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Sam Knob Meadow – September 13, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged blue ridge parkway, hiking, pisgah national forest, 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 forest, hiking, lunch, north carolina, views, WCBC, wildflowers
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Sam Knob – Flat Laurel Creek Loop – August 16, 2019
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, and Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
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Tagged blue ridge parkway, butterflies, hiking, north carolina, pisgah national forest, views, WCBC, wildflowers
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Bear Pen Gap to Wet Camp Gap – August 8, 2019
Some of us stopped at Wolf Mountain Overlook on the way home, so I’ve included pictures taken there. Thanks to the Standaert Bros. for long-distance ID-ing the mystery shrub in the meadow (Bill got it first!). Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, blue ridge parkway, butterflies, hiking, insects, north carolina, pisgah national forest, views, WCBC, wildflowers, wolf mountain overlook
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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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Tanbark Tunnel to Bull Gap – May 31, 2019
History of Rattlesnake Lodge Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, & Jim Poling. (Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show). Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the … Continue reading
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Tagged blue ridge parkway, hiking, pisgah national forest, Rattlesnake Lodge, views, WCBC, wildflowers
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