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English
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13 Mo
North Carolina boasts a natural environment of exceptional richness and diversity. From the mountains to the coast, the state is home to an extraordinary variety of publicly accessible sites that showcase aspects of its ecology, geology, biology, and natural history. This book leads the reader on thirty-eight field trips to some of the most interesting and instructive of these natural landscapes.
Written by leading naturalists from across the state, this collection of "eco-tours" includes excursions to each of its four major regions: the coast, the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the mountains. Each trip traces a thirty- to seventy-mile driving route that connects preserved areas, hiking trails, scenic overlooks, nature trails, and other sites of interest. All entries provide a map of the route, describe what can be seen and learned along the way, and discuss especially noteworthy features.
An essential resource for anyone who treasures North Carolina's natural heritage, this book will inspire and inform travelers throughout the Tar Heel state.
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Date de parution
01 décembre 2015
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9798890872548
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
13 Mo
Nature
Parc national des Great Smoky Mountains
Asheville
Ocracoke
Outer Banks
Cape Fear (fleuve)
Mont Jefferson
Coast
Wake County, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
Blue Ridge Parkway
Brunswick County
Cape Fear River
White Oak River
Great Smoky Mountains
Roanoke River
Mount Jefferson
Lake Waccamaw
Grandfather Mountain
Great Dismal Swamp
Pilot Mountain
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Currituck Sound
Linville Gorge Wilderness
Croatan National Forest
Environmental Conservation
Environmental Protection
Exploring North Carolina’s Natural Areas
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Exploring North Carolina’s Natural Areas
Parks, Nature Preserves, and Hiking Trails
edited by dirk frankenberg
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London
∫2000 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved
Designed by April Leidig-Higgins Set in Minion by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Maps by Eric Ringler, Polaris Cartography Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Exploring North Carolina’s natural areas: parks,
nature preserves, and hiking trails / edited by Dirk Frankenberg p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) isbn0-8078-2547-6 (cloth: alk. paper) — isbn0-8078-4851-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Natural areas—North Carolina—Guidebooks. 2. Natural history—North Carolina—Guidebooks. 3. Ecotourism—North Carolina. 4. North Carolina— Guidebooks.i.Frankenberg, Dirk. qh76.5.n8 e862000 508.756—dc21 99-055917
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This book is dedicated to the citizens of the state of North Carolina,
the good people who, through public and private e√orts, have preserved
for future generations natural areas like those that first led our state to
be called ‘‘the goodliest land under the cope of Heaven.’’
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1 dirk frankenberg
The Coast
Old and New on the Outer Banks: Maritime Forests, Inlets, and Development 17 dirk frankenberg
Outer Banks from Ocracoke to Pea Island: Merging of Sand and Sea 28 stanley r. riggs
Downeast Lowlands: Being Swallowed by the Sea 41 stanley r. riggs and dirk frankenberg
Bogue Banks: Natural Habitats on a Developed Shoreline 54 dirk frankenberg
The Coastal Plain
Currituck Sound’s Mackay Island 91 yates m. barber
Wetlands, Swamps, and Forests: Merchants Millpond to the Great Dismal Swamp 99 henry c. hammond and penny learysmith
Lower Roanoke River Floodplain: Swamps and Wetlands 106 ida phillips lynch and j. merrill lynch
White Oak River from Source to Sea: Natural Communities on a Blackwater River 62 dirk frankenberg
Lower Cape Fear River by Car and Ferry 70 dirk frankenberg
Brunswick County: Savanna to the Sea 78 dirk frankenberg
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula: Pocosin Lakes and Wetlands 117 b. j. copeland and lundie spence
Where Fresh and Salt Water Meet: The Upper Pamlico River Estuary 125 vince bellis
Croatan National Forest: Wetlands and Wildflowers 134 jean w. kraus
Carolina Bay Lakes: Lake Waccamaw and Bladen Lakes 145 diane lauritsen
Southern Lumber River Region 152 staff of lumber river state park
The Piedmont
Rocks, Soils, and Plant Life in the Central Piedmont 167 harry legrand
Ecological Succession and Old-Growth Forests of the Central Piedmont 175 phillip manning
Nature amidst Development: Wake County Natural Areas 184 laura white and mark johns
Coastal Plain to Piedmont Transition: Natural Communities of the Sandhills and Uwharrie Mountain Regions 193 alan weakley
Uwharrie Lakes Scenic Loop: Grassy Island Crossing and Indian Heritage Trail 207 alex cousins
Land of the Longleaf Pine: Weymouth Woods and the Sandhills 156 kim hyre and scott hartley
Uwharrie Minerals and Landscapes: Origins and Use 213 jeff michael
Lonely Mountains: The Sauratowns from Hanging Rock to Pilot Mountain State Parks 221 marshall ellis
The South Mountains Area 233 anne l. maker
Parks, Forests, and Geology of the Southwest Piedmont 239 deidri sarver
The Mountains
Northwestern Mountains: Stone Mountain, Mount Je√erson, and New River State Parks 251 marshall ellis
Blue Ridge Parkway: Grandfather Mountain Region 261 curtis smalling
Roan Mountain Highlands: Ecology, Geology, and Cultural History 270 elizabeth hunter
Linville Gorge: Deepest Wilderness Area in the Eastern United States 281 allen de hart
Mountain Touring: Linville Falls to Mount Mitchell through Gorges, Peaks, and Forests 291 michael p. schafale
Forest Communities of the Southern Appalachians: Asheville to Mount Mitchell 303 carleton burke
Big Ivy Road to Craggy Mountain Scenic Area 316 ron lance
Suggestions for Further Reading 381
Contributor A≈liations 387
Index 389
Great Smoky Mountains National Park 322 dirk frankenberg
Hickory Nut Gorge: A Scenic Approach to the North Carolina Mountains 326 elisabeth feil
Blue Ridge Parkway Tour: Asheville to Cherokee 335 j. dan pittillo
Our Forest Heritage and Forestry Today 348 cindy carpenter
Cherohala Skyway to Joyce Kilmer Forest 359 j. dan pittillo
Blue Ridge Escarpment: Gorges of Lake Jocassee 367 gary kauffman
Preface
This book owes its origins to the tagline of a previous book of mine, which characterized it as ‘‘an ecotourist’s guide to the North Carolina coast.’’ That phrase led Anne Taylor, director of the O≈ce of Environmental Education of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, to corner me at a meeting and ask, ‘‘What can you and others like you do to help people better understand and appreciate North Carolina’s natural heritage?’’ This led to a meet-ing of authors of books about the state’s natural history to discuss her question in the summer of 1997. That meeting hatched the idea of a book that would present driving tours of some of the state’s most attractive and interesting natural areas, identify learning experiences in each tour, and make the tours and experiences accessible to a wide general audience, from schoolchildren to adults. The authors and other consulting naturalists worked together to develop a ‘‘must include’’ list of natural areas for the book. The areas included here were suggested by several naturalists, but many other suggested areas could not be included. As a result, we know that there are more great natural places in North Carolina than those described in this book. We see the present book as a first step in a continuing process of describing the state’s natural areas for the public, and we hope a series of similar publications will follow from this one. The authors also agreed to allow their work to be used as the basis for ‘‘virtual fieldtrips,’’ made available to schools over the Internet. We hope these virtual trips—now included in the multimedia area of the Learn NC website (http://www.learnnc.org)—will help meet the goal of making the book’s content accessible to schoolchildren. As you will see from the table of contents, the book is organized into five sections. The introduction is an overview of the state’s geology, climate, and plant and animal life. This section is designed to introduce readers to the environmental processes that form and sustain the natural heritage of our state. The other four sections of the book describe tours of natural areas in the Coast, Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountain Regions of the state. Each tour can be accomplished in less than a day, but each can be expanded to several days if visitors choose to explore all stops along the route. Each tour has a map of the recommended route and identifies the things to be seen and learned along the way. Photographs are included of sites along most of the tour routes. Many avenues for further reading and study are opened up by the broad range
