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Close up view of single cluster of Mountain laurel Great Smoky Mountains National Park Close-up of single cluster. Laurel, Mountain, I-F-Lau-1189, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel.

Close view of Mountain laurel, Greenbrier, 1937 Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-1184, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Laurel, Mountain, Greenbrier

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1937-05

Close view of Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, in full bloom, 1937 Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-1187, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Laurel, Mountain; Kalmia latifolia L. -in full bloom-

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1937-06

Isabelle Story, Editor in Chief, and Kalmia latifolia, Spence Field, at 5500 feet Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...and Kalmia latifolia, Spence Field, at 5500 feet.Isabelle Story, Editor-in-Chief, IV-V-9612, Miscellaneous - Visitors

1937-06-24

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, World's record Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, Wes Ogle at left, upper watershed Lynn Camp Prong Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2525, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , I-F-Lau-2525, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk. Upper watershed Lynn Camp Prong. World's record mountain laurel... buttress, 82 dia... total of 15 limbs... big limb in left foreground, 12 dia. Wes ogle at left. This picture gives good idea of enormity of plant.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, World's record Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, on ridge to west of Len's Hollow on right prong of Laudermilk Prong of the Lynn Camp Prong, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2530, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk World's record mountain laurel... buttress, 82' dia... total of 15 limbs. Exact location: On ridge to west of Len's Hollow on right prong of Laudermilk Prong of the Lynn Camp Prong, Little River.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, World's record Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2527, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , , , , , I-F-Lau-2527, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk World's record mountain laurel... buttress, 82 dia... total of 15 limbs... big limb at left, 12 dia. Exact location (as described by Ernest Tipton, Townsend, Tennessee): on ridge to west of Len's Hollow on right prong of Laudermilk Prong of the Lynn Camp Prong, Little River. H.M. Jennison at left, Henry Jennison at right.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, World's record Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2532, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , , I-F-Lau-2532, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk ... world's record mountain Laurel: buttress, 82 dia; total of 15 limbs-upper watershed, Lynn Camp Prong. Jennison, Harry M. sitting incrotch on buttress.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, world's record mountain laurel, Lynn Camp Prong, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2526, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , , , I-F-Lau-2526, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk. World's record mountain laurel... buttress, 82 dia... total of 15 limbs. Exact location (as described by Ernest Tipton, Townsend, Tennessee): on ridge to west of Len's Hollow on right prong of Laudermilk Prong of the Lynn Camp Prong, Little River. West Ogle at left... Jim Shelton at right.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, world's record mountain laurel, Lynn Camp Prong, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2529, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , , I-F-Lau-2529, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk World's record mountain laurel... buttress, 82 dia... total of 15 limbs. Exact location: on ridge to west of Len's Hollow, on right prong of Laudermillk Prong of the Lynn Camp Prong, Little River.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, world's record mountain laurel, Lynn Camp Prong, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2528, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , , I-F-Lau-2528, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk: World's record mountain laurel; buttress, 82 dia... total of 15 limbs. Exact location: on ridge to west of Len's Hollow, on right prong of Laudermilk Prong of the Lynn Camp Prong, Little River. Henry Jennison sitting on buttress... shows height of buttress well.

1936-04-07

Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk, world's record mountain laurel, Lynn Camp Prong, Little River Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2531, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel, , I-F-Lau-2531, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia, Jim Shelton's Ivy Stalk. World's record mountain laurel... buttress, 82 dia... total of 15 limbs. Exact location: on ridge to west of Len's Hollow on right prong of Laudermilk Prong of the Lynn Camp prong, Little Ricer. Jim Shelton Leaving against?

1936-04-07

Large bush of Mountain laurel (and Catawba Rhododendron?) in bloom in woods, trees in background, 1937 Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-1181, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Laurel, Mountain; (Rhod. catawb. ?), Large bush in bloom in woods.

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1937-06

Laurel bushes, in bloom, growing out of rocks, Bullhead Trail, 1937 Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau1177, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Laurel, Mountain, Bullhead Trail. Laurel bushes, in bloom, growing out of rocks.

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1937-06

Laurel bushes, in bloom, growing out of rocks, Bullhead Trail, trees in background, 1937 Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-1178, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Laurel, Mountain, Bullhead Trail. Laurel bushes, in bloom, growing out of rocks.

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1937-06

Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia, and Glen Smith, average large sized plant, Indian Creek Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2699, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain Laurel; Kalmia latifolia, -and Glen Smith. Average large sized plant: d.b.h. largest branch is 2 1/2; dia of buttress is 9. Indian Creek.

1936-05-28

Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia, and Glen Smith, average large plant, Indian Creek Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2698, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain Laurel; Kalmia latifolia, -and Glen Smith. Average large plant for c.f. record sized plant: diameter of buttress (at base) is 9; d.b.h. largest stem is 2 1/2. Indian Creek.

1936-05-28

Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia, and Glen Smith, average large sized plant, Indian Creek Great Smoky Mountains National Park I-F-Lau-2697, Natural Features - Flora - Mountain Laurel,Mountain Laurel; Kalmia latifolia, -and Glen Smith. Average large-sized plant: buttress below where the two limbs join is 9 dia...d.b.h. largest branch 2 1/2. Indian Creek.