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White oak acorns

November’s Wild Edible: White Oak Acorns

With the widespread disappearance of the American chestnut across most of the Blue Ridge, the reigning signature tree of the region has to be the white oak.
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Waterfall Wednesday: Looking Glass Falls – A Waterfall of Sheer Beauty

Nestled along the side of Looking Glass Rock, tucked away in the Pisgah National Forest, sits one of North Carolina's most visited waterfalls, Looking Glass Falls.
Bits and pieces of mockernut hickory nuts litter the ground in this region’s fall forests.

October’s Wild Edible: Mockernut Hickory Nuts

This nut adds both flavor, vitamins, minerals and Omega 3 and 6-fatty acids to bread, muffin or cookie recipes.
Clay Morris gathering blooms from an elderberry tree.

September’s Wild Edible: Elderberries

The berries feature a bittersweet flavor when eaten right off the vine.
A beefsteak polypore growing on a hardwood.

August’s Wild Edible: Beefsteak Polypore

Red and fan-shaped, Fistulina hepatica can grow up to 10 inches wide, although most specimens are about half that size.

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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
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Walking Oklawaha Greenway

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

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