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Appalachian Trail
This page has links (below) to pages that show photos and information for some of the eastern U.S. wildflower and plant species that may be seen on the Appalachian Trail between Georgia and Maine. Over 300 species are listed here.
Most of the photos and the accompanying text have been made available to us by the folks at eNature.com. Their consideration and generosity in sharing their beautiful photos is greatly appreciated.
In addition to the eNature photos, links are provided for about 40 other photos. I photographed about half of these plants, and the rest of the photos were contributed.
To see the photos that were taken by hikers or contributed from other sources (and were previously at Yahoo Potos), click here. To see the eNature.com photos, click here, or just scroll down.
If there is an additional species that you would like included here, or if you have comments or suggestions concerning this page, please contact me at:
rainmaker@trailquest.net
Hiker Photos:
To see the photos, click on the names of the species below. After viewing a photo, be sure to use the "Back" button to return to this page (if you close out the photo, you'll lose your connection to the page.)
Purple Violets
Fire Pink
Honeysuckle
Pink Lady's Slipper
Purple Trillium
Rhododendron
Catesby's Trillium
Yellow Violet
Mountain Laurel
Pink Azalea
Dwarf Iris
Goldenrod
Flame Azalea
Bluet
Columbine
Jack In The Pulpit
Large Flowered Trillium
Lupine
May Apple
Star Chickweed
Spiderwort
Strawberry
Yellow Lady's Slipper
Dandelion
Pennywort
Bloodroot
Virginia Cowslip
Wood Anemone
Black Eyed Susan
Dutchman's Breeches
Squawroot
Striped Wintergreen
Poison Ivy (1)
Poison Ivy (2)
Blackberry
Solomon's Seal
Bellwort
Lousewort
Oxeye Daisy
Wild Raspberry
eNature.com Photos:
To see the eNature photos and accompanying text, make a selection in the alphabetical guide below or use the scroll bar to the right, then click on the names of the species. The appropriate photo with accompanying text should pop up in a corner of your screen.
To see additional information, including range and habitat, click on the photo and a new screen will appear. To return to this page, close out the new screen.
If you are having problems finding a particular plant alphabetically, try using the scroll bar. Plants can be known by different common names. For instance, "Glasswort" is listed as "American Glasswort" and "Fleabane" shows as "Common Fleabane".
A - D
(Alfalfa - Dwarf Larkspur)
E - H
(Early Buttercup - Horsenettle)
I - N
(Indian Cucumber Root - Northern Wood Sorrel)
O - R
(Oconee Bells - Rue Anemone)
S - V
(Seedbox - Virginia Waterleaf)
W - Z
(Water Arum - Zigzag Goldenrod)
A - D (Alfalfa - Dwarf Larkspur)
Alfalfa
Alumroot
American Bittersweet
American Black Nightshade
American Bur-reed
American Glasswort
American Hogpeanut
American Spikenard
American Vetch
American Water Plantain
American Wisteria
Anglepod Blueflag
Annual Garden Phlox
Aromatic American-aster
Arrow Arum
Arrow Aster
Arrowhead
Asiatic Dayflower
Atamasco Lily
Azure Bluet
Balsam Groundsel
Barnyard Grass
Barren Strawberry
Bastard Indigo
Bastard Toadflax
Beebalm
Beechdrops
Beetleweed
Biennial Beeblossom
Big-fruit Evening-primrose
Bird's-foot Trefoil
Bird's-foot Violet
Black Cohosh
Black Snakeroot
Black-eyed Susan
Blackberry Lily
Bladder Campion
Bloodroot
Blue Cohosh
Blue Mistflower
Blue Phlox
Blue Sage
Blue Toadflax
Blue Vervain
Blue Wild Indigo
Blue-eyed Grass
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Bluebead Lily
Bog Hemp
Bog Jacob's-ladder
Bog Wintergreen
Boneset
Bottlebrush Grass
Bouncing Bet
Bowman's Root
Broadleaf Cattail
Broadleaf Twayblade
Broom-sedge
Brown-eyed Susan
Buckbean
Bulbous Buttercup
Bull Thistle
Bush-pea
Bushy Bluestem
Butter-and-eggs
Butterfly Pea
Butterfly Weed
Calico Aster
Camphorweed
Canada Goldenrod
Canada Lily
Canada Mayflower
Canada Violet
Canadian Burnet
Cardinal Flower
Carolina Larkspur
Carolina Lily
Carolina Poppy
Carolina Springbeauty
Carrionflower
Catesby's Trillium
Celandine
Chicory
Clearweed
Cleavers
Climbing Hempweed
Climbing Nightshade
Closed Bottle Gentian
Colic-root
Common Blue Violet
Common Burdock
Common Chickweed
Common Dandelion
Common Evening-primrose
Common Fleabane
Common Large Skullcap
Common Milkweed
Common Morning Glory
Common Mullein
Common Nightshade
Common Pipewort
Common Plantain
Common Purslane
Common Ragweed
Common Selfheal
Common Speedwell
Common Sunflower
Common Tansy
Common Velvetgrass
Common Viper's-bugloss
Compass Plant
Corn Speedwell
Corncockle
Cow Parsnip
Cow Vetch
Cow Wheat
Cranesbill
Creeping Bush-clover
Creeping Buttercup
Creeping Phlox
Cress-leaf Groundsel
Crested Dwarf Iris
Crinkleroot
Crossvine
Crown-vetch
Culver's Root
Curly Dock
Daylily
Deptford Pink
Devil's Bit
Devil's-tongue
Diamond-flowers
Diapensia
Ditch Stonecrop
Dog Fennel
Dog Violet
Downy False Foxglove
Downy Pagoda-plant
Downy Phlox
Downy Yellow Violet
Dutchman's Breeches
Dutchman's Pipe
Dwarf Cinquefoil
Dwarf Ginseng
Dwarf Larkspur
E - H (Early Buttercup - Horsenettle)
Early Buttercup
Early Coralroot
Early Goldenrod
Early Meadow-rue
Early Saxifrage
Eastern Bluestar
Eastern Foamflower
Eastern Mock Grama
Eastern Shootingstar
Eastern Showy Aster
Eastern Virgin's Bower
Elecampane
Elm-leaf Goldenrod
Enchanter's Nightshade
English Daisy
English Plantain
Erect Dayflower
Eyebright
Fairy Slipper
False Goatsbeard
False Rue Anemone
False Violet
Featherbells
Featherfoil
Feathery False Solomon's Seal
Fire Pink
Fireweed
Floating Bladderwort
Flowering Spurge
Forked Bluecurls
Foxtail Barley
Fragrant Water-lily
Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia
Fringed Gentian
Fringed Phacelia
Fringed Polygala
Frost Aster
Frostweed
Garden Coreopsis
Garden Loosestrife
Garden Phlox
Garden Yellowrocket
Garlic Mustard
Giant Sunflower
Glade-mallow
Glades Morning Glory
Goat's-rue
Goatsbeard
Golden Alexanders
Golden Crownbeard
Golden Ragwort
Golden Star
Goldenseal
Goldthread
Grass Pink
Grass-leaf Arrowhead
Gray Beardtongue
Gray Goldenrod
Great Lobelia
Great Ragweed
Greater Purple Fringed Orchid
Greek Valerian
Green Corn Lily
Green Dragon
Ground Ivy
Groundnut
Hairy Alumroot
Hairy Beardtongue
Hairy Solomon's Seal
Hairy Willowherb
Hard-leaf Goldenrod
Heartleaf Aster
Heath Aster
Hedge Bindweed
Helleborine
Henbit
Herb Robert
Hoary Mountain Mint
Hoary Puccoon
Honewort
Horrible Thistle
Horse Balm
Horsenettle
I - N (Indian Cucumber Root - Northern Wood Sorrel)
Indian Cucumber-root
Indian Paintbrush
Indian Pipe
Indian Tobacco
Indian Wood-oats
Indian-hemp
Ivy-leaf Morning Glory
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Knotweed
Jerusalem Artichoke
Jimsonweed
Kentucky Bluegrass
Kidneyleaf Buttercup
Kudzu
Lady's-thumb
Lamb's-quarters
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Lanceleaf Goldenrod
Large Blazing Star
Large Twayblade
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper
Large-flower Bellwort
Large-flower Trillium
Lesser Celandine
Lesser Duckweed
Little Barley
Lobed Tickseed
Long-head Thimbleweed
Longspur Violet
Lyon's Turtlehead
Lyre-leaf Rockcress
Maltese Cross
Maryland Figwort
May-apple
Mayweed
Mistletoe
Miterwort
Moss Campion
Moth Mullein
Motherwort
Mountain Phlox
Mountain Sandwort
Mountain Spurge
Musk Mallow
Muskflower
Narrowleaf Evening-primrose
Narrowleaf Fireweed
Narrowleaf Springbeauty
New England Aster
New York Ironweed
Nodding Mandarin
Nodding Onion
Nodding Trillium
Northern Wood Sorrel
O - R (Oconee Bells - Rue Anemone)
Oconee Bells
One-flower Cancer Root
Orange Coneflower
Orange Hawkweed
Orchard Grass
Oriental Bittersweet
Oxeye
Oxeye Daisy
Oyster Plant
Painted Trillium
Pale Beardtongue
Pale Touch-me-not
Partridgeberry
Pearly Everlasting
Pennsylvania Smartweed
Pennywort
Peppermint
Periwinkle
Pickerelweed
Pigweed
Pink Lady's Slipper
Pipewort
Poison Hemlock
Pokeweed
Prickly Lettuce
Purple Coneflower
Purple Gerardia
Purple Loosestrife
Purple Lovegrass
Purple Meadow-rue
Purple Milkwort
Purple Trillium
Purple-stemmed Aster
Queen Anne's Lace
Rabbit-foot Clover
Ragged Fringed Orchid
Ram's-horn
Rattlesnake Plantain
Rattlesnake Weed
Red Baneberry
Red Clover
Red-stemmed Aster
Reed Canary Grass
Robbins' Cinquefoil
Robin's-plantain
Rose Mock Vervain
Rosy Twisted-stalk
Rough-fruit Cinquefoil
Rough-leaf Sunflower
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod
Round-lobed Hepatica
Roundleaf Groundsel
Roundleaf Rein Orchid
Rue Anemone
S - V (Seedbox - Virginia Waterleaf)
Seedbox
Sessile Bellwort
Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Sheep Sorrel
Shepherd's Needle
Shepherd's Purse
Shining Cyperus
Shinleaf
Showy Crotalaria
Showy Evening-primrose
Showy Goldenrod
Showy Lady's Slipper
Showy Orchid
Showy Tick Trefoil
Shuttleworth's Ginger
Silverrod
Skunk Cabbage
Sky-blue American-aster
Slender Bush-clover
Small Red Morning Glory
Small Whorled Pogonia
Small's Beardtongue
Small-flower White Aster
Smooth False Foxglove
Smooth Solomon's Seal
Sneezeweed
Southern Blueflag
Southern Cattail
Spatterdock
Spiked Lobelia
Spiny-leaf Sow-thistle
Spotted Coralroot
Spotted Joe-Pye-weed
Spotted Knapweed
Spotted Wintergreen
Spreading Dogbane
Spring Blue-eyed Mary
Spring Cress
Spring Draba
Squirrel-corn
Star Chickweed
Starflower
Starry Campion
Sticky Catchfly
Stiff Aster
Stinging Nettle
Striped Coralroot
Sweet Cicely
Sweet Everlasting
Sweet Goldenrod
Sweet White Violet
Sweet-scented Joe-Pye-weed
Sweetflag
Tall Bellflower
Tall Corydalis
Tall Goldenrod
Tall Ironweed
Tall Meadow-rue
Tall Redtop
Tall Tickseed
Tawny Cottongrass
Thickleaf Phlox
Thimbleweed
Three-birds Orchid
Three-leaf Goldthread
Thyme-leaf Speedwell
Tickseed Sunflower
Timothy
Toad Shade
Trailing Arbutus
Trout Lily
True Forget-me-not
True Watercress
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Trumpetweed
Turk's-cap Lily
Venus' Looking-glass
Turkeybeard
Twinleaf
Two-flower Cynthia
Venus' Looking-glass
Violet Wood Sorrel
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion
Virginia Mountain Mint
Virginia Spiderwort
Virginia Waterleaf
W - Z (Water Arum - Zigzag Goldenrod)
Water Arum
Water Buttercup
Water Hemlock
Water Horehound
Water Parsnip
Water Plantain
Water Smartweed
Water-pennywort
Wavyleaf Aster
White Baneberry
White Bluebead Lily
White Bushy Aster
White Campion
White Clover
White Milkweed
White Rattlesnake-root
White Snakeroot
White Sweet Clover
White Wood Aster
Whorled Loosestrife
Whorled Tickseed
Wild Basil
Wild Bleeding Heart
Wild Blue Phlox
Wild Coffee
Wild Columbine
Wild Garlic
Wild Geranium
Wild Ginger
Wild Ginseng
Wild Leek
Wild Madder
Wild Mint
Wild Parsnip
Wild Sarsaparilla
Wild Senna
Wild Strawberry
Wild Teasel
Wintergreen
Witch's Moneybags
Wood Anemone
Wood Betony
Wood Lily
Wood Nettle
Wood Nymph
Wood Poppy
Woolly Vetch
Yarrow
Yellow Flag
Yellow Fringed Orchid
Yellow Lotus
Yellow Rattle
Yellow Star-grass
Yellow Wild Indigo
Yellow Wood Sorrel
Zigzag Goldenrod