Jess & Steve, Thanks for the identification of these two plants.
They may be some old-growth Red Spruce on or around Devil's Courthouse mountain. Some are quite tall. I need to get back up there and measure them. Will has told me of some nice Red Spruce in remote areas. It seems that Fraser Fir rarely gets really big anymore. Damage by the Balsam Wooly Adelgid has killed most of the bigger trees. I should have put a picture here of Mountain Ash. It is common in the higher Appalachian forests also. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/devils_courthouse/devils_courthouse.htm http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/parkway/a_parkway_ride_nc.htm James Parton On Jan 2, 11:24 pm, "Jess Riddle" <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > > The flowers are a bluet, probably Houstonia serpyllifolia, and the > leaves are witch-hobble (Viburnum lantanoides [formerly V. > alnifolium]). > > Jess > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > > ENTS, > > > Over the last month with many of us discussing boreal forests in the > > Appalachians, Europe and Canada I felt a little photographic tour of the > > highlands of North Carolina would be fitting. I have took these over the > > last 5 years at places like Richland Balsam, Devil's Courthouse, Waterrock > > Knob, The Mountains-to-Sea trail on the Pisgah Ridge, Craggy Gardens and The > > Black Mountains Crest ( Deep Gap ) trail, which is the highest hike east of > > the rockies and Flat Laurel Creek, near Sam's Knob. These forests are beyond > > words but beautiful is the best I can come up with. I have also downloaded a > > picture taken from the Mountains-To-Sea trail overlooking the Blue Ridge > > Parkway which I have uploaded to the file page of our ENTStrees Google > > website. > > > Can anyone tell me what these pretty blue flowers are and the colorful > > leaves? > > > JP --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
