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September’s Wild Edible: Hackberries

You won’t find enough for a pie, but you’ll enjoy them as a quick pick-me-up.

October’s Mountain Wildflower: Black-eyed Susan

Favoring dry fields, open woods, waste areas and roadsides, the individual blossoms are long-lasting, staying healthy and blooming for nearly a month when conditions are right.

September’s Mountain Wildflower: Yellow-fringed Orchid

Once you spot the yellow-fringed orchids as you struggle up a steep slope while hiking during the heat of a September afternoon, you may wish you had never seen them.

August’s Mountain Wildflower: Cardinal Flower

It’s a plant that perfectly illustrates that the web of life is an amazing thing that seems to have no end to its number of strands.

July’s Mountain Wildflower: Bee Balm

Bee Balm is an inhabitant of moist areas in woodlands and beside streams, ponds and lakes where it is often seen growing close to cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis).

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Hackberries are pea-shaped and are great to snack on.

September’s Wild Edible: Hackberries

You won’t find enough for a pie, but you’ll enjoy them as a quick pick-me-up.
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October’s Mountain Wildflower: Black-eyed Susan

Favoring dry fields, open woods, waste areas and roadsides, the individual blossoms are long-lasting, staying healthy and blooming for nearly a month when conditions are right.
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September’s Mountain Wildflower: Yellow-fringed Orchid

Once you spot the yellow-fringed orchids as you struggle up a steep slope while hiking during the heat of a September afternoon, you may wish you had never seen them.
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August’s Mountain Wildflower: Cardinal Flower

It’s a plant that perfectly illustrates that the web of life is an amazing thing that seems to have no end to its number of strands.
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July’s Mountain Wildflower: Bee Balm

Bee Balm is an inhabitant of moist areas in woodlands and beside streams, ponds and lakes where it is often seen growing close to cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis).
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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