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| Dave Banks | profile | all galleries >> flora... >> wildflowers... | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
a few of the diverse collection of wildflowers living in the southern Appalachian Mountains, shown in bloom-time sequence (hint: use your browser 'Find' to go a picture of the plant you have in mind -- most images have both the botanical name and common name)
 Obolaria virginica (Pennywort) |
 Viola hastata |
 Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold) |
 Trillium cuneatum |
 Trillium cuneatum |
 Trillium cuneatum |
 Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) |
 Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty) |
 Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower) |
 Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the Pulpit) |
 Trillium cuneatum |
 Panax quinquefolium (Ginseng) unfolding |
 Houstonia caerulea (Bluets) |
 Cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady Slipper) |
 Saxifraga michauxii |
 Amelanchier laevis (Serviceberry) |
 Lichen |
 Halesia monticola (Mountain Silverbell) |
 Cypripedium calceolus (Yellow Ladyslipper) |
 Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue-Eyed Grass) |
 Viola rostrata (Long-Spurred Violet) |
 Hypoxis hirsuta (Yellow Star-Grass) |
 Trillium undulata |
 Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) |
 Gillenia trifoliata (Bowman's Root, Fawn's Breath) |
 Diphylleia cymosa (Umbrella Leaf) |
 Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paint-Brush) |
 Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paint-Brush) |
 Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paint-Brush)
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 Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paint-Brush), |
 Crataegus flabellata (Hawthorn) |
 Uvularia sp. |
 Trillium catesbaei |
 Trillium catesbaei |
 Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) |
 unknown plant on seep |
 Saxifraga michauxii |
 Trillium grandiflorum (?) |
 Diphylleia cymosa (Umbrella Leaf) |
 Houstonia caerulea (Bluets) |
 Trillium catesbaei |
 Magnolia ashei |
 Magnolia ashei |
 Chamaelirium luteum (Devil's Bit, Fairy Wand) |
 Silene virginica (Fire Pink) |
 Variegated False Solomon's Seal |
 Chimaphila maculata (Spotted Wintergreen) |
 Chimaphila maculata (Spotted Wintergreen) |
 Chimaphila maculata (Spotted Wintergreen) |
 Spigelia marylandica (Indian Pink) |
 Spigelia marylandica (Indian Pink) |
 Spigelia marylandica (Indian Pink) |
 Chimaphila maculata (Spotted Wintergreen) |
 Carolina lupine ? |
 Hydrangea arborescens |
 Hydrangea arborescens |
 Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipes) |
 Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipes) |
 Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipes) |
 Hydrangea arborescens |
 Oxalis montana (Wood Sorrel) |
 Monarda didyma (Bee Balm) |
 Monarda didyma (Bee Balm) |
 Viburnum sp. |
 Asplenium platyneuron (Ebony Spleenwort) -- maybe |
 Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal) |
 Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal) |
 Galax aphylla |
 Tree ear |
 Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken of the Woods, Sulphur Shelf) - with thanks to Tom Hughes for the name |
 Diphylleia cymosa (Umbrella-Leaf) in a wet shady cove |
 Sambucus pubens (Red Elderberry)
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 Lilium superbum (Turk's Cap Lily)
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 wildflower mix
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 Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paint Brush), Phlox
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 Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paint Brush)
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 Silene virginica (Fire Pink)
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 Hypericum buckleyi (St. John's Wort)
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 Silene virginica (Fire Pink)
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 Castanea pumila (Chinquapin)
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 Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Indigo)
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 Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Indigo)
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 Galax aphylla |
 Euphorbia sp. |
 Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison) |
 Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison) |
 Cladonia cristatella (British Soldiers) ~ 1/4'' high |
 Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipes) |
 Monotrapa uniflora (Indian Pipes) |
 Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipes) |
 Pleea tenuifolia |
 Pleea tenuifolia |
 ?? |
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 Tipularia discolor (Crane-Fly Orchid) |
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 Pleea tenuifolia |
 Pleea tenuifolia |
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