Asheville NC Fall Foliage Color Leaf Report 2013 reports
There’s still some great color in the lower elevations! The best color is in the Chimney Rock and Lake Lure areas, as well as the city of Asheville. It’s a great time to get outside and hike to a waterfall (most of our featured waterfalls are in lower elevations).
The Blue Ridge Parkway will close north of Asheville for repairs beginning November 12.
See photos at: Asheville NC Fall Foliage Color Leaf Report 2013
Natural History Wanderings 
The Santa Cruz County Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is proud to announce the publication of the Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Santa Cruz County, California, by Dylan Neubauer.
Dylan is a botanist who lives in Santa Cruz County.
Presented in an easy-to-use format, this comprehensive update of the 2005 edition summarizes the latest information on the 1594 vascular plant taxa currently known to occur in Santa Cruz County.
The 166-page, spiral-bound, 5 1/2 x 8 in. book includes:
~Botanical artwork by Tim Hyland
~Maps by Ben Pease—including a new color map of the County showing public lands & Sandhills
~Detailed instructions on how to use the Checklist
~An expanded introduction discussing the County’s botanical history as well as its botanical “hotspots” and special areas
~A list of all local taxa arranged alphabetically by family using the latest nomenclature from The Jepson Manual, 2nd Edition & the Jepson eFlora.
~Locality information for listed & “locally rare” taxa
~Appendices treating legal rarity status, endemics, extirpated taxa, undescribed taxa, the most invasive non-natives, and more
~An expanded, 64-page “Notes” section, including tips for identifying difficult taxa, taxonomic issues, habitat information for rare taxa, and more
~An Index to local plant families & genera with new names cross-referenced to superseded names from the first edition of The Jepson Manual
Retail Price: $15.00 + tax/copy. To purchase copies, please email Cindy Hudson at cndy_hudson@yahoo.com
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By: Dylan Neubauer on November 8, 2013
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