botanical ID help: NC USA moss / trees / wildflowers

[Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg]

even common names appreciated;

all taken in Flat Rock NC USA;

(trees: do I see tulip, oak...others?)

(wildflowers: are purple lupine? planted by highway department, may not be native?)
thanks in advance...

 

 

 

[Marianne]

Looks like lupine and poppies to me - but I'm no expert. Hard to see the tree leaves but looks like a maple on the far right and (less sure) a tulip on the far right. 

 

Run them through Google images and you'll probably have an answer. I've found it's a very easy way to at least get started with identifying plants. I then click on similar images from trustworthy sites such as universities and botanical gardens. Lovely images!

[Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg]

My Marianne

 

Thanks!  Google Images seemed to give me delphiniums for wildflowers;

no help with others -- but will use lupine & poppies...👍

[Phil]

If you have a smart phone a helpful app named "Seek" is useful for ID'ing all sorts of flora and fauna including insects while in the field.  It uses the phone's camera to attempt ID of a subject. If successful in ID'ing it provides both the common and scientific names.

Edited September 30, 2023 by Phil

[Rebecca Ore]

One definite tulip tree on the right.   Leaves are very distinctive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron It's part of the poplar family if I'm remembering correctly.  Nope, part of the Magnolia family and the flowers are rather magnolia like.  Very common in Piedmont and mountains in the US south. 

Edited October 4, 2023 by Rebecca Ore
cleared up mmemory misremember

[KellyC]

Hi Jeffrey. Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Flowers are delphinium (also called Larkspur) and Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale). I've grown both in my yard so am pretty positive with ID. Trees I'm no help with!