Appalachian Trail — Georgia
Springer Mountain, Blood Mountain, gaps, shelters, rhododendron tunnels, and repeated climbs form the southern end of the Appalachian Trail.
Georgia, United States: places and wildlife — page 4
Browse the published Explore collection for Georgia, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Sweetwater Creek State Park
Creek rapids, forest trails, the burned New Manchester mill, reservoir paddling, and Civil War history create a rugged landscape close to the city.
Fort Mountain State Park
Summit trails, CCC fire tower, unexplained stone wall, overlooks, lake, forest, and mountain-bike routes spread across the western Blue Ridge edge.
Black Rock Mountain State Park
Roadside overlooks, Tennessee Rock Trail, forest, lake, cabins, and steep access roads occupy Georgia’s highest state park.
Vogel State Park
Lake Trahlyta, waterfall trail, CCC structures, Blood Mountain access, cabins, and forest loops make one of Georgia’s oldest state parks both approachable and demanding.
Jekyll Island Historic District & Trails
More than 20 miles of paths link maritime forest, marsh, beaches, the historic club district, Horton House, and modern conservation facilities.
Pigeon Mountain Salamander
A large woodland salamander occupies moist cracks, caves, and talus on Pigeon Mountain in Georgia’s northwest corner.
Altamaha Spinymussel
A large freshwater mussel with one to several shell spines survives only in the Altamaha River basin.
Cherokee Darter
A small olive-and-black fish with breeding color lives in clear Etowah River tributaries above the Fall Line.
Etowah Darter
A slender darter with vivid blue-green and orange breeding color occurs only in the upper Etowah River system.
Ocmulgee Skullcap
A perennial mint with blue-violet flowers grows on shaded, mature hardwood slopes and bluffs in central Georgia.
Hairy Rattleweed
A federally endangered perennial with dense cobwebby hairs and yellow flowers survives in open longleaf-pine flatwoods in two Georgia counties.
Georgia Plume
A tall shrub or small tree bears upright clusters of four-petaled white flowers on sandy ridges and sandstone outcrops.
Franklin Tree
A small tree with white camellia-like flowers and red autumn foliage was known in the wild only along Georgia’s Altamaha River.
Carolina Wren
A warm-brown wren with a white eyebrow lives close to cover across South Carolina and serves as the state bird.
Carolina Wolf Spider
North America’s largest wolf spider patrols open ground after dark and is South Carolina’s official state spider.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
This large striped butterfly, South Carolina’s state butterfly, moves between tree canopies, flowers, puddles, and host plants.
Carolina Mantid
South Carolina’s state insect is a gray, green, or brown ambush predator of gardens, old fields, and woodland edges.
Oconee Bell
A low evergreen groundcover with fringed white flowers forms colonies in the Jocassee Gorges and a few nearby Blue Ridge watersheds.
Sabal Palmetto
The cabbage palmetto’s flexible trunk and broad fans define coastal streets, maritime forest edges, and the state flag.
Florida Torreya
Flat sharp needles and plumlike seeds identify a devastated evergreen surviving on steep cool bluffs above the Apalachicola River.
Diamondback terrapin
Pale spotted skin, a patterned shell, and a life between salt and fresh water distinguish Maryland’s official state reptile.
Baltimore checkerspot
Black wings checked with cream and orange identify a wet-meadow butterfly whose official status contrasts with its rarity in Maryland.
Baltimore oriole
Maryland’s orange-and-black state bird whistles from leafy edges and suspends a woven pouch nest near a branch tip.
Atlantic blue crab
Paddle-shaped rear legs, blue claws, and a life tied to brackish Chesapeake water distinguish Maryland’s state crustacean.
Striped bass
Seven or eight continuous dark stripes mark a silvery predator that uses tidal rivers as nurseries and the coast as a highway.
Black-eyed Susan
Rough-haired stems and golden rays around a raised brown center make Maryland’s state flower a familiar open-ground wildflower.
White oak
Maryland’s state tree supports insects and wildlife; rounded leaf lobes and pale bark reward a slower look in mature woodland.
Brook Trout
Follow this jewel-colored char from shaded headwaters to Adirondack ponds, where water quality shapes its future.
Common Snapping Turtle
A rugged freshwater turtle is easiest to notice when it leaves the water to nest, not while it lies hidden below.
Sugar Maple
Recognize New York's state tree by more than its color: bark, paired buds, and leaf shape tell the whole story.