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High Falls, on the Little River in Transylvania County, a 125 ft (38 m) waterfall in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is near Brevard, North Carolina; type of falls: Cascade, Fan
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High Falls: 1st good look at the waterfall – gorgeous!
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The second and tallest of the Little River falls, spectacular High Falls slides 150' down an inclined plane and can be viewed from a picnic shelter, built on the site of the old Buck Forest Hunt Club lodge
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High Falls is located in Transylvania County on the Little River through the DuPont State Forest: we loved this view of the covered bridge near the top of the falls, on Buck Forest Road
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Blackberry blossom and tiny unripe green blackberries at High Falls
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Wild blueberry, Vaccinium pallidum, a.k.a. hillside blueberry and lowbush blueberry, is native to eastern North America
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Young maple leaves, growing in the midst of more than 10,000 acres of forest, trails, and waterfalls between Hendersonville and Brevard, North Carolina
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Young maple leaves: Acer species
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White moth
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Kalmia latifolia, a.k.a. mountain-laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is native to Eastern North America (New England south to the southern Indiana, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle)
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Galax, a genus in the flowering plant family Diapensiaceae, low evergreen shrubs native to Northern Hemisphere cool & arctic regions, contain a single species, Galax urceolata, its shiny round to heart-shaped leaves often used in wreaths
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Blazing-Star (Chamaelirium luteum), a delightful mid-late spring display after most early spring wildflowers have faded, in "full-length" bloom: a.k.a. squirrel tails, Helonias root, and many more names
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Mountain wood fern, Dryopteris campyloptera [<Latin: campylo, curved + ptera, <Greek pteron, wing], formerly D. spinulosa var. Americana, a species a.k.a. D. austriaca and D. dilatata, is a large American fern typically found at higher elevations
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The Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus, Fagaceae), and the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), have similar leaves
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Love those leaves: mountain magnolia!
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Huge leaves – not the biggest (the big-leaf magnolia has the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America) – but still gigantic!
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Joe, Mother, and Ruth at DuPont State Forest, minutes away from Brevard, located in Transylvania and Henderson Counties of North Carolina
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Wild strawberries, with Mother's sugar snap peas
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Wild strawberry
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Sugar snap peas in Mother's garden
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Lettuce - Mother grows delicious salad greens!
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The blueberries in Mother's garden will be ripe soon (and the birds know it!)
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Arisaema triphyllum, a.k.a. Jack-in-the-pulpit
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Arisaema triphyllum, a.k.a. Jack-in-the-pulpit: Mother has a nice collection of these in her garden
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Leatherleaf mahonia has been classified as highly invasive in southern states by the USDA: Mother said this one just "showed up" in her garden...
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Rhododendron calendulaceum, a.k.a. flame azalea in Mother's garden
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Beautiful white azalea blossom
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Kalmia latifolia, a.k.a. mountain-laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a species of flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States
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Rose – a beautiful volunteer – beautifully fragrant
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Red roses – after a rain shower – and so pretty, rising above a perennial tufted dense mat-like carpet of Sedum acre 'Goldmoss Stonecrop' engulfing the stepping stones with yellow flowers
