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“Creation is a great book. Look above you; look below you! Note it; read it! God… didn’t write that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?" — Saint Augustine

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North Carolina Arboretum
Asheville Botanical Garden
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Blue Ridge Parkway
Western Carolina Botanical Club

My Flickr Nature Photos
North Carolina Arboretum
Asheville Botanical Garden
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Blue Ridge Parkway
Western Carolina Botanical Club

Mission

Birds of the Eastern U.S.
Blue Ridge Audubon
Blue Ridge Naturalist Network
Blue Ridge Parkway Photography
Bugs and Slugs of the Eastern U.S.
Butterflies of the Eastern U.S.
Butterfly & Moth Caterpillars of the Eastern U.S.
Carolina Bird Club
Carolina Birders Photo Sharing Group
Carolina Leps (Butterflies & Moths)
Carolina Rare Birds
Caterpillar Identification of N. America
Georgia Native Plant Society
In Defense of Plants
Mammals of the Eastern U.S.
Monarch Butterfly Garden
Monarch Watch
Mothing & Moth-Watching
Moths of the Eastern U.S.
Mushrooms & Fungi of the Eastern U.S.
N.C. Birding Trail
Native Flora of the Eastern U.S.
NCNPS – Southern Piedmont Chapter
NCNPS – Blue Ridge Chapter
NCNPS – Triad Chapter
North American Butterfly Association
North Carolina Native Plant Society
Odonata of the Eastern U.S.
Reptiles/Amphibians of the Eastern U.S.
S. Appalachian Flora & Ecosystematics
South Carolina Native Plant Society
Southern Highlands Reserve
Tennessee Native Plant Society
The Xerces Society
Tree ID – Identify that Tree
USWildflowers.com
Virginia Native Plant Society

Flora & Fauna Field Guide Book Resource Links

–A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas by Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette & Michael W. Hopping
–A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians by Robert E. Swanson
–A Trailside Guide to Mosses and Liverworts of the Cherokee National Forest by Paul G. Davison
–American Azaleas by L. Clarence Towe
–Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel
–Butterflies of the East Coast by Rick Cech & Guy Tudor
–Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East by Jeffrey Glassberg
–Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner
–Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians by Karl B. Mcknight, Joseph R. Rohrer, Kristen McKnight Ward & Warren J. Perdrizet
–Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast by Giff Beaton
–Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East by Dennis Paulson
–Dragonflies Through Binoculars by Sidney W. Dunkle
–Fern Finder by Anne C. Hallowell & Barbara G. Hallowell
–Flower Finder by May Theilgaard Watts
–Guide to Flowering Plant Families by Wendy B. Zomlefer
–Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America by Jim P. Brock & Kenn Kaufman
–Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America by Eric R. Eaton & Kenn Kaufman
–Lichens of the North Woods by Joe Walewski
–Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas by Albert E. Radford, Harry E. Ahles and C. Ritchie Bell
–Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts: A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast by Ralph Pope
–Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada by Timothy J. Baroni
–Mushrooms of the Southeast by Todd F. Elliot & Steven L. Stephenson
–Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians by William C. Roody
–Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains by Stanley L. Bentley
–Native Trees of the Southeast by L. Katherine Kirkman, Claud L. Brown & Donald J. Leopold
–Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb
–Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, North Carolina by James Alexander Fowler
–Petersen Field Guide to Ferns: Northeastern and Central North America by Boughton Cobb, Cheryl Lowe & Elizabeth Farnsworth
–Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America by David Beadle & Seabrooke Leckie
–Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America by David Beadle & Seabrooke Leckie
–Spiders of the Carolinas by L.L. Gaddy
–The Illustrated Book of Trees by William Carey Grimm
–The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America by David Allen Sibley
–Tree Finder by May Theilgaard Watts
–Trilliums by Frederick W. Case, Jr. & Roberta B. Case
–Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians: Thirty Great Hikes by Timothy P. Spira
–Wildflower Walks & Hikes: North Carolina Mountains by Jim Parham
–Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont by Timothy P. Spira
–Wildflowers and Waterfalls of the DuPont State Forest by Rosemarie Shannon Knoll
–Wildflowers of North Carolina by William S. Justice & C. Ritchie Bell
–Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians by Dennis Horn & Tavia Cathcart
–Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast by Laura Coleman, Damon Waitt & Alan Weakley
–Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains by Richard M. Smith
–Winter Tree Finder by May Theilgaard Watts & Tom Watts

Flora & Fauna Online Resource Links

Amphibians & Reptiles of North Carolina
Audubon Guide to North American Birds
Audubon Native Plants Database
Bee City USA
Bees of Missouri
Bees of N.C.: An Identification Guide
Biota of North America Program
Botanical Dictionary
BugGuide.Net
Butterflies & Moths of North America
Butterflies in Your Backyard
Butterflies of the Carolinas & Virginia
Butterfly Highway
Carolina Nature
Catalogue of Life
Caterpillar Identification
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
Chatham Conservation Partnership
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Dave's Garden
Discover Life ID Nature Guides
Dragonflies and Damselflies of N.C.
East Coast Native Azaleas
Field Guide – All Flora & Fauna
Field Guide – Birds
Field Guide – Fungi
Field Guide – Leps
Field Guide – Odes
Field Guide – Plants
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Friends of Plant Conservation
Georgia Native Plant Society
Go Orchids (NAOCC)
Grow Native!
Guide to the Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Georgia and Adjacent States
ID Guide for North American Bryophytes
Illinois Wildflowers
Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
In Defense of Plants
iNaturalist
Integrated Taxonomic Info System
Jeff's Nature Home Page
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Minnesota Wildflowers
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Missouriplants.com
Monarch Watch
Moth Photographers Group
Mt. Cuba Native Plant Finder
Mushroom Expert
N. American Orchid Conservation Center
N.C. Amphibians
N.C. Arachnids
N.C. Beetles
N.C. Biodiversity Project
N.C. Birds
N.C. Bryophytes
N.C. Butterflies
N.C. Dragonflies & Damselflies
N.C. Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
N.C. Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids
N.C. Habitats
N.C. Hemipteran Hoppers
N.C. Hymenoptera
N.C. Lichens
N.C. Mammals
N.C. Moths
N.C. Reptiles & Amphibians
N.C. Tiger Beetles
N.C. Vascular Plants
N.C. Wildlife Federation
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
N.Y. Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium
Name That Plant
New Moon Nursery Plants
North Carolina Native Plant Society
North Carolina Pollinator Toolkit
North Creek Nurseries Plants
Rain Garden Alliance
Seabirding – Brian Patteson
SERNEC
South Carolina Native Plant Society
Southeastern Flora
Tennessee Native Plant Society
The Buckeye Botanist
The Native Plant Podcast
The Plant List
Trees & Shrubs Online
USDA Plants Database
Violets of the Great Plains and Eastern North America
Virginia Native Plant Society
Weakley's Flora (April 2022)
Western Carolina Botanical Club
Wild Ones
Wildflowers of the United States

Invasive Plant Online Resource Links

–A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
–Invasive Plant Atlas of the U.S.
–Invasive Plants of the Thirteen Southern States
–Invasive.org

Native Plant Book Resource Links

–Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy
–Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States by Tony Dove & Ginger Woolridge
–Garden Revolution by Larry Weaner & Thomas Christopher
–Gardening with Native Plants of the South by Sally Wasowski
–Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns by Catherine Copp
–Native Plants of the Southeast by Larry Mellichamp
–Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
–Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards by Sara Stein
–Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer & Claudia West
–Planting Noah's Garden: Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology by Sara B. Stein
–Planting the Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf & Henk Gerritsen
–The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson
–The Living Landscape by Rick Darke & Doug Tallamy
–The Magical World of Moss Gardening by Annie Martin
–The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Doug Tallamy
–The Pronouncing Dictionary of Plant Names by American Nurseryman
–The Southeast Native Plant Primer by Larry Mellichamp & Paula Gross