Most people would not expect to see wild orchids, lilies, carnivorous plants and rare flora growing along country roadsides. Yet there are such places brimming with wildflowers. Amongst the trash tossed out by passers-by, there are botanical treasures, both tall and tiny, that make
their home in wet ditches, and the dry right-of-ways of county roads. Here is a sampling of the many plant species I found along a stretch of asphalt highway in eastern North Carolina.