These eight pages sample the abundant life of the Smokies, from flowering plants and shrubs to birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Species are shown for various reasons. You may want to identify the common species you see in the wild. Other species are uncommon and you are not likely to see them. Still others are uncommonly beautiful, and we don’t want you to miss seeing at least their pictures. Information, drawings, and photographs of bears and wild boars are found in the Bears, Boars and Acorns chapter. [Illustration: _Jack-in-the-pulpit_] [Illustration: _Scarlet painted-cup_] [Illustration: _Painted trillium_] [Illustration: _Coreopsis_] [Illustration: _Turk’s-cap lily_] [Illustration: _Bird’s-foot violet_] [Illustration: _Pink lady’s-slipper_] [Illustration: _Orange hawkweed_] [Illustration: _Passion-flower_] [Illustration: _Fringe-tree_] [Illustration: _Flame azalea_] [Illustration: _Mountain silverbell_] [Illustration: _Dog-hobble_] [Illustration: _Redbud_] [Illustration: _Witch-hobble_] [Illustration: _Umbrella magnolia_] [Illustration: _Catawba rhododendron_] [Illustration: _Yellow-poplar_] [Illustration: _Flowering dogwood_] [Illustration: _Fire cherry_] [Illustration: _Mountain laurel_] [Illustration: _Barred owl_] [Illustration: _Wild turkey_] [Illustration: _Common flicker_] [Illustration: _Cardinal_] [Illustration: _Yellow warbler_] [Illustration: _Tufted titmouse_] [Illustration: _Spotted skunk_] [Illustration: _Cottontail rabbit_] [Illustration: _Deermouse_] [Illustration: _Whitetail deer_] [Illustration: _Bobcat_] [Illustration: _Opossum_] [Illustration: _Fence lizard_] [Illustration: _Leopard frog_] [Illustration: _Midland mud salamander_] [Illustration: _Ringneck snake_] [Illustration: _Gray treefrog_] [Illustration: _Marbled salamander_] [Illustration: _Timber rattlesnake_] [Illustration: _Pine snake_] [Illustration: _Red-cheeked salamander_] [Illustration: _Copperhead_] [Illustration: _American toad_] [Illustration: _Spotted salamander_] [Illustration: _Oak trees add the brilliance of their turning leaves to fall’s burst of colors. The oaks’ acorn crop is also important winter food for several forest creatures. Chestnuts once supplied winter food, too, but a blight virtually eliminated the chestnut trees earlier this century, adding to the importance of acorns._] Bears, Boars and Acorns