Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendalacium and rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense), Roan Highlands

Autumn in the Graveyard Fields, Blue Ridge Pkwy.

White trillium (Trillium grandiflora) and fringed phacelia (Phacelia fembriata), GSMNP

Fall fields, Black Balsam area, Pisgah NF

Icicles over rock face, Unaka Mountain, Cherokee NF

Wild blueberry and spruce-fir forest, Blue Ridge Parkway

Dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata) Cherokee NF

Appalachian Trail on Unaka Mtn., Cherokee NF

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) in pre-bloom, Cherokee NF

Autumn leaves and moss, Pisgah NF

Fire pink (Silene virginica), Great Smoky Mtns. NP

Mossy tree roots, Great Smokies

Rhododendrons in spruce-fir forest, Roan Highlands

Spruce snag at Devil's Courthouse, Blue Ridge Parkway

Ferns and autumn foliage, Great Smokies

Fall woods in Rocky Fork SP

View from Roy's Rock (aka Buzzard Rock), Cherokee NF

Brook trout (Salvilinus fontinalis), TN Blue Ridge

Yonahlossee salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee)

Barred owl (Strix varia), Cherokee NF
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