A compendium of interesting natural and cultural facts about things you commonly see on the trails in the southern Appalachian Mountain region.
William Needham
Contact: Needham82@aol.com
A. General Information
Introduction
Equipment
Cold Weather Hiking
B. Flowers
The Doctrine of Signatures
Alpine Wildflowers
Bee Balm
Bellwort
Bloodroot
Bluets
Bulbous Buttercup
Chicory
Coltsfoot
Columbine
Common Mullein
Cut-Leaved Toothwort
Dutchman's Breeches & Squirrel Corn
Dwarf Iris
Goldenrod
Heal-All
Hepatica
Marsh Marigold
Narcissus
Pink Lady's Slipper
Queen Anne's Lace
Solomon's Seal
Spiderwort
Spring Beauty
Trailing Arbutus
Trillium
Trout Lily
Violet
Viper's Bugloss
Virginia Bluebells
White Wood Aster
Woodland Sunflower
C. Trees and Shrubs
Autumn Leaves
The Masting Behavior of Trees
American Beech
American Chestnut
Black Birch
Black Cherry
Black Locust
Black Walnut
Dogwood
Mountain Ash
Northern Red Oak
Osage Orange
Pawpaw
Pignut Hickory
Pinxter Flower
Redbud
Red Maple
Royal Paulownia
Sassafras
Serviceberry
Shagbark Hickory
Sugar Maple
Sumac
Sycamore
Tulip Poplar
Tupelo
White Oak
Witch Hazel
Yellow Birch
D. Evergreens and Ferns
American Holly
Balsam Fir
Boxwood
Bracken Fern
Christmas Fern
Cinnamon Fern
Eastern Hemlock
Eastern Red Cedar
Eastern White Pine
Horsetail
Lycopodeum/Ground Pine
Maidenhair Fern
Mountain Laurel
Norway Spruce
Pitch Pine
Polypody Fern
Rhododendron
Table Mountain Pine
Virginia Pine
Wood Ferns
E. Other Plants
Black Cohosh
Blue Cohosh
Burdock
Canada Thistle
Cleavers
Dandelion
Devil's Walking Stick
False Hellebore
Fly Poison
Garlic Mustard
Ground Ivy
Indian Cucumber Root
Indian Pipe
Joe-Pye Weed
Mayapple
Milkweed
Mistletoe
Poison Ivy
Purple Deadnettle & Henbit
Ramp
Skunk Cabbage
Spotted Jewelweed
Spotted Knapweed
Squawroot
Stinging Nettle
Sweet Cicely and Aniseroot
White Snakeroot
Wild Ginger
F. Fungi, Slimes and Lichens
The Mushroom Chronicles
The Mushroom Chronicles - Medicinal
The Mushroom Chronicles - Mycorrhizas
The Mushroom Chronicles - Nutrition
The Mushroom Chronicles - Toxicity
Artist's Conk
Beefsteak Fungus
Birch Polypore
British Soldier Lichen
Chanterelle
Clinker Polypore or Chaga
Destroying Angel
Dryad's Saddle
Elegant Stinkhorn
Fly Agaric
Giant Puffball
Hemlock Polypore
Hen-of-the-Woods
Honey Mushroom
Jack O'Lantern
Lion's Mane
Many-Headed Slime
Morel
Oyster Mushroom
Pear Puffball
Rock Tripe
Russula
Sulphur Shelf
Tinder Fungus
Turkey Tail
Witches' Broom
Witches' Butter
Wood Ear
G. Invertebrates
Ticks
Bald-Faced Hornet's Nest
Black and Yellow Argiope Spider
Black-Legged Tick
Brown Garden Snail
Cabbage White Butterfly
Cicada
Crayfish
Daddy-Long-Legs
Dragonfly
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly
Gypsy Moth
Ladybird Beetle
Luna Moth
Millipede
Monarch Butterfly
Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Northern Walkingstick
Oak Gall
Praying Mantis
Red Spotted Purple Butterfly
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Tumblebug
Wolf Spider
Wood Tick
Woolly Adelgid
Woolly Bear Caterpillar
H. Vertebrates
Black Bear
Black Rat Snake
Bobcat
Box Turtle
Canada Goose
Chipmunk
Common Garter Snake
Copperhead Snake
Cottontail Rabbit
Coyote
Eastern American Toad
Eastern Fence Lizard
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Five-Lined Skink
Groundhog
Mallard
Opossum
Painted Turtle
Red-Backed Salamander
Red Eft
Timber Rattlesnake
Turkey Vulture
White-Tailed Deer
Wild Turkey
Wood Frog
Wood Turtle
I. Berries and Fruits
Apple
Bittersweet
Black Raspberry
Blackberry
J. Geology and Physical Science
Plate Tectonics
Meandering Rivers
The Greenhouse Effect
Paleoclimate
Catoctin Formation
Chilhowee Group
Columnar Jointing
Massanutten Sandstone
Needle Ice
Old Rag Granite
Skolithos Ichnofossil