Abstract:
The Mountains of North Carolina bloom between March and May. Comprising the Blue Ridge and the Great Smoky Mountains, this region boasts fringed orchids, azalea, lady slippers, robin trillium, rhododendron, and numerous varieties of wild flowers. In addition to these beautiful plant species, more than 1,300 tree, shrub, and herb varieties grow, as do 700 species of fungi, 330 mosses and liverworts, and 230 varieties of lichen.