Venture
to Roan Mountain
June 22, 2005
The day started nicely and we rendezvoused at Weaverville at a balmy 68°, little knowing that would be the warm point of the day! Roan was brisk and windy. When we left at around 3:30 PM the temperature at the information kiosk in the gardens was 54° and windy.
Despite the weather we had a great time and saw some beautiful sights.
Scott Dean
| Plants: | |
| Alder, Mountain /Green Alder - Alnus crispa | Hydrangea - Hydrangea arborescens* |
| Ash, American Mountain - Sorbus americana | Japanese Honeysuckle - Lonicera japonica* |
| Azalea, Flame - R. calendulaceum | Jewelweed/Touch-me-not - Impatiens spp* |
| Bluets - Houstonia serpyllifolia. | May Apple /American Mandrake - Podophyllym peltatum. |
| Bluebead Lily/Yellow Clintonia - Clintonia borealis. | Mountain Laurel - Kalmia latifolia* |
| Catalpa, Southern - Catalpa bignonioides | Mustard, Wormseed - Erysimum cheiranthoides, |
| Chicory - Cichorium intybus* | Oxeye Daisy - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum* |
| Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis | Queen Anne’s Lace/Wild carrot - Daucus carota* |
| Canada May Flower - Maianthemium canadense | Ragwort, Robbin’s /Robbin’s Butterwort - Senecio robinsii |
| Cinquefoil, Three Toothed - Potentilla tridentata | Raspberry, Flowering - Rubus odoratus* |
| Dame’s Rocket - Hesperis matronalis* | Rhododendron, Catawba - Rhododendron catawbiense |
| False Hellebore/Indian Poke- eratum viride. | Saxifrage, Michaux’s- Saxifraga michauxii |
| Fir, Frasier - Abies fraseri | Scouring Rush - Equisetum hyemale* |
| Gray Beardtongue - Penstemon canescens* | Spiderwort - Tradescantia subaspera* |
| Gray’s Lily/Roan Lily - Lilium grayi | Spruce, Red - Picea rubens |
| Hawthorns - Crataegus spp | Wood, Sorrel - Oxalis spp |
| Hemlock, Eastern - Tsuga canadensis | Yarrow - Achillea millefolium |
| Hobblebush - Viburnum alnifolium | |
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Birds: (List provided by Steve and Liz, thanks guys!) |
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| Great Blue Heron * | Winter Wren - Heard |
| Turkey Vulture | Golden Crowned-Kinglet |
| Mourning Dove | Veery - Heard |
| Eastern Phoebe * | American Robin |
| Tree Swallow | Brown Thrasher |
| Blue Jay | Chestnut-Sided Warbler - Heard |
| Common Raven | Scarlet Tanager * |
| Chickadee | Eastern Towhee |
| Red-Breasted Nuthatch - Heard | Dark-Eyed Junco |
| House Wren - Heard | |
| *roadside sightings | |
