Tesnatee Gap on the Appalachian Trail

Finally got out in the woods today. Hiked to the Old Whitley Shelter off the AT on Richard B. Russell Parkway. Shot with a canon 30D with 180 macro lens. Let me know what you think. Thanks

Fire pink

Any ideas on the genus of this trillium?

and one more. I'm calling it mystery flower cause the wildflower field guide doesn't have a clue!

The fire pink really catches my eye.

Thanks Leann.

Hey Jeff. My best guess on the trillium is that perhaps it is Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei). The flower is stalked and nodding, and the apparenly yellow anthers is what I am going on. Judging from the leaves, the last image is most likely some type of oxalis. I'm thinking either Great Wood Sorrel (Oxalis grandis) or Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis europaea).

Hey Phillip, thanks for the id on the wildflowers. Do you have a favorite id source for wildflowers? I'm using the audubon series " Wildflowers of the southeastern United States, but it seems to be lacking at times.

Hey Jeff. I often use the Audubon guide, but my favorite is Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb. I've used it since college; it was a favorite of my botany professor. Two others that I like (they both cover the southern Appalachians from the Shenandoah National Park, down the Blue Ridge Parkway, to Great Smokey Mountains National Park) are Wildflowers in Color by Arthur Stupka and Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains by Leonard M. Adkins.