Plants and Trees Along the Way.

I'm looking forward to the Natural Beauty of the Appalachian Trail.  It's wonderful to know what I will see and to be able to look up the plants and trees that I am not familiar with.  What a great bonus it will be to know something about the plants and trees that I will find along the way.  Those to touch and smell and those that are poisonous and should be avoided.  I can only imagine how uncomfortable a "rash" would be while hiking.

Rhododendron thickets

Blueberry thickets - Maine

Spruce , Red Spruce Trees -  Maine, 

Birch Trees - Maine

Azalea - Georgia

Redbud Trees - Georgia

Rhododendron  Very thick in Georgia.


  Bluets These tiny plants can be easy to miss when blooming single, but even with their 2 to 4 inch height, they're hard to miss with the frequent masses blooming together.


  White Oak Tree leave.  White Oak is a large tree, growing up to 100 feet tall.  The trunk can get up to four feet across. Leaves of the white Oak are four to nine inches long. Bright green on top and whitish underneath.


Poison Ivy.. BEWARE.. It's everywhere!



  Red Trillium They have been used traditionally as uterine stimulants the inspiration for the common name birthwort.




Mayapple or May Apple is native to deciduous forests  of eastern North America. The ripened fruit is edible in moderate amounts, though when consumed in large amounts the fruit is poisonous



Lichen varies and is a fungus found on trees as well as rocks throughout the trail. Disturbances causes it to die.  Best left alone though can be eaten. Yellow Lichen is poisonous.