Wildflowers:

Tall larkspur, Delphinium exaltatum; pale-leaved sunflower, Helianthus strumosa; downy skullcap, Scutellaria incana; thimbleweed, Anemone virginiana; agrimony, Agrimonia spp.; black-eyed susan, Rudbeckia hirta; greater tickseed, Coreopsis major and Joe Pye weed, Eupatorium fistulosum and pale jewel weed, Impatiens pallida (entrance to BRP from US 23/74, 7/14)

Ox-eye, Heliopsis helianthoides; tall bellflower, Campanula americana; starry campion, Silene stellata; Turk’s-cap lily, Lilium superbum; crimson bee-balm, Monarda didyma; wild beramot, Monarda fistulosa; day flower, Comelina spp.; and horse balm, Collinsonia canadensis (Waynesville Overlook, both sides of road, BRP, 7/14)

Sundrop, oenothera spp.; evening primrose, Oenothera biennis, smooth false-foxglove, Aureolaria laevigata; wild indigo, baptisia tinctoria; and wild quinine, Parthenium integrifolium ( just beyond Pinacle Tunnel, traveling north on BRP, 7/14)

Green-headed coneflower, Rudbeckia lacinata; night-flowering catchfly, Silene noctiflora; phlox, Phlox carolina; and Indian paintbrush, Castilleja coccinea (Grassy Ridge Overlook and hillside just before, 7/14)

Appalachian St. John’s wort, Hypericum buckleyi; Michaux’s saxifrage, Saxifraga michauxii; bush honeysuckle (common all along BRP,) Diervilla sessilifolia, tassel rue, Trautvetteria carolinensis, and mountain Cynthia, Krigia montana (seepage area at Wolf Mountain Overlook, 7/14)

Salamanders:

Black-bellied salamander, Desmognathus quadramaculatus; and Santeetlah dusky salamander, Desmognathus santeetlah (seepage at Wolf Mountain Overlook, 7/14)