A botanizing break with hike leader Chris Liloia, curator, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, at Hattaway Mountain Trail, Morrow Mountain State Park. Left to right (standing) are Dave Ringenburg, Phyllis Tarrant, Sara Fennell, Jackie Trickle, and (seated) Colleen McDaniel and Margot Ringenburg. Photo by Chris LiloiaFlowers of a Coral Honeysuckle vine (Lonicera sempervirens) on Hattaway Mountain Trail led by Chris Liloia. Photo by Margot RingenburgFlowers of a Carolina Silverbell tree (Halesia tetraptera), Hattaway Mountain Trail, Morrow Mountain State Park. Photo by Margot RingenburgDifferent stages of a flowering Mountain Laurel shrub (Kalmia latifolia), Hattaway Mountain Trail. Photo by Margot RingenburgResurrection Fern (Pleopeltis michauxiana), with hike leader Katherine Culatta, botanist/permit coordinator, North Carolina Plant Conservation Program, on Fall Mountain Trail with NCNPS spring hikers. Photo by Margot RingenburgAfter a controlled burn, regeneration begins, Morrow Mountain Trail. Photo by Andrea ThunemObserving a whitelip ground snail (genus Neohelix) with hike leader Jeff Marcus, Morrow Mountain Trail. Photo by Andrea ThunemObserving an uncommon species of cane, (Arundinaria appalachiana) in the Uwharries. Morrow Mountain Trail. Photo by Cabot ThunemNCNPS hikers observe the role of fire in piedmont forests, Morrow Mountain Trail. Photo by Andrea ThunemMosses are in abundance in some areas of Morrow Mountain Trail. Photo by Andrea ThunemMountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia). Photo by Cabot ThunemBlackseed Speargrass (Piptochaetium avenaceum), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupClose-up of Blackseed Speargrass (Piptochaetium avenaceum), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupA field of Common Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupClose-up of Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupLilies nestle against a rock. Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Jenny DeansObserving Glorious Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) with Brenda Wichmann, state botanist, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program on Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupOn the trail, Short Loop Trail. Photo by Jenny DeansShort Loop hike leader Brenda Wichmann on NCNPS spring hike, Morrow Mountain State Park. Photo by Alison NorthupSome of us use special cameras on hikes, Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupRound-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana), Short Loop Trail Photo by Alison NorthupLittle Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupSouthern Wild Comfrey (Andersonglossum virginianum), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison NorthupThis is what we do on hikes, Short Loop Trail, Morrow Mountain State Park. Photo by Jenny DeansWe spied a horse on the Short Loop Trail in the Uwharrie Mountains, Morrow Mountain State Park. Photo by Jenny DeansCommon Stargrass (Hypoxis hirsuta), Short Loop Trail. Photo by Alison Northup