Learning to recognize and harvest these plants can transform a simple walk in the woods into a culinary adventure. Beyond food, the Appalachian forest is a treasure trove of medicinal plants that ...

"But [when you tell the] story of the plant, I feel it [adds] an extra dimension." Beyer described Appalachian folk medicine and magic as a stool with three legs made up of Native people ...

“It’s choking out all the native species,” Wickert said, pointing to a lone orchid plant hiding in between ... turtle lounging on a leaf in the Appalachian Mountains. More recently, Wickert ...

Appalachian sedge (Carex appalachica) looks good even into December. The native plant has 12-to-18-inch-long leaves that are an eighth-inch wide and turn from deep green in summer to chartreuse ...

Press release from UNC Asheville: Professors and student researchers from Appalachian State ... determine whether the plant is doing well enough to be taken off the list of threatened species ...