Standing Indian Area Pisgah Forest Table of Contents Wasilik Poplar...... 44 Pink Beds...... 106 Pickens Nose...... 46 Moore Cove...... 108 White Oak Stamp...... 48 Andy Cove Nature Trail...... 110 Buck Creek Pine Barrens...... 50 Twin Falls...... 112 Introduction...... 8 Jackrabbit Mountain...... 52 John Rock...... 114

Highlands Plateau DuPont State Forest Walking & Hiking Guidelines...... 10 Cliffside Lake...... 56 DuPont Waterfalls...... 118 Gear Checklist Highlands Botanical Garden..... 58 Cedar Rock...... 120 Clothing & Fitness Slickrock Trail...... 60 Mine Mountain...... 122 Whiteside Mountain...... 62 Wintergreen Falls...... 124 Safety...... 12 Panthertown Valley...... 64 On the Trail Appalachian Trail Foothills Trail...... 66 Bald Mountains Range Things to Look Out For Great Smoky Mountains Max Patch...... 128 Lovers Leap...... 130 How to Use This Guide...... 16 Twentymile Cascades...... 70 Tunnel Loop...... 72 Big Bald...... 132 Walks & Hikes...... 19 Deep Creek...... 74 Roan Mountain...... 134 Collins Creek...... 76 Carvers Gap...... 136 Joyce Kilmer Area Beech Flats...... 78 Blue Ridge Parkway Nantahala Gorge Area Newfound Gap...... 80 Asheville to Blowing Rock Standing Indian Area Boone Asheville Botanical Gardens.... 140 Highlands Plateau Spruce-Fir Nature Trail...... 82 Great Smoky Mountains Burnsville Andrews Bald...... 84 Craggy Gardens...... 142 BRP Cherokee to Asheville Hot Springs Polls Gap...... 86 Mount Mitchell...... 144 Pisgah Forest Cherokee Waynes- Asheville ville Crabtree Falls...... 146 DuPont State Forest Bryson Flat Creek...... 88 City Sylva AT Bald Mountains Range Robbins- Linville Gorge–Hawksbill...... 148 ville Brevard Murphy Blue Ridge Parkway BRP Asheville to Blowing Rock Franklin Asheville North Carolina Cherokee to Asheville Rough Ridge...... 150 Amphibolite Mountains Waterrock Knob...... 92 Amphibolite Mountains Joyce Kilmer Area Nantahala Gorge Area Richland Balsam...... 94 Mount Jefferson...... 154 Joyce Kilmer Memorial...... 22 Wesser Creek...... 32 Devil’s Courthouse...... 96 Elk Knob...... 156 Huckleberry Knob...... 24 Nantahala River Trail...... 34 Sam Knob...... 98 Three Top Mountain...... 158 Hooper Bald...... 26 Appletree...... 36 Graveyard Fields Waterfalls.... 100 Yellow Creek Falls...... 28 Wayah Bald...... 38 Mount Pisgah...... 102 Alarka Laurel Spruce Bog...... 40

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Forest Types Edge...... 163 Rocky Streamside...... 164 Rich Cove...... 165 Acid Cove...... 166 Mixed Hardwoods...... 167 Xeric Oak–Pine ...... 168 Spray Cliff...... 169 Mountain Bog...... 170 Northern Hardwoods...... 171 Spruce-Fir...... 172 Heath Bald...... 173 Grassy Bald...... 174 High-Elevation Rock Outcrop...... 175

Wildflower Identification Spring...... 179 Summer...... 197 Fall...... 210

Appendices Appendix A Walks and Hikes to Waterfalls...... 213 Appendix B Suggested Field Guides...... 215 Appendix C Routes by Selected Destinations...... 216 Appendix D Rules and Regulations...... 217 Appendix E ­ Maps Legend...... 218 Appendix F Wildflower Checklist...... 219 Appendix G Bloom Calendar...... 220

Wildflower Index Common & Scientific Names...... 222

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