Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains

This authoritative guide showcases the unmatched beauty and diversity of the native orchids of the southern Appalachian mountains. Based on Stanley Bentley’s many years of nature study, it covers the 52 species — including one discovered by Bentley and named after him — found in a region encompassing western Virginia and North Carolina and eastern West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

The entry for each orchid provides the plant’s scientific and common names, a description of the flower (i...