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Author Blevins, David, 1967-

Title Wild North Carolina : discovering the wonders of our state's natural communities / David Blevins & Michael P. Schafale.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 176 pages) : color illustrations.
Series North Carolina history & culture anthology
North Carolina history & culture anthology.
NC LIVE module.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Authors' Note; Introduction to Natural Communities; Spruce-Fir Forests; Northern Hardwood Forests; Grass and Heath Balds; High-Elevation Rock Outcrops; Mountain Oak Forests; Mountain Cove Forests; Dry Conifer Woodlands of the Mountains; Mountain Bogs and Fens; Upland Seepages and Spray Cliffs; Piedmont and Coastal Plain Oak Forests; Moist Hardwood Forests of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain; Piedmont and Mountain Rivers and Floodplains; Low-Elevation Cliffs and Rock Outcrops; Piedmont and Mountain Glades and Barrens; Piedmont Upland Swamps and Pools; Dry Longleaf Pine Woodlands.
Summary Celebrating the beauty, diversity, and significance of the state's natural landscapes, this book provides an engaging, beautifully illustrated introduction to North Carolina's interconnected webs of plant and animal life. Blevins and Schafale reveal in words and photographs natural patterns of the landscape that will help readers see familiar places in a new way and new places with a sense of familiarity.
Note Print version record.
Subject Natural history -- North Carolina.
Natural areas -- North Carolina.
Biotic communities -- North Carolina.
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Biotic communities. (OCoLC)fst00832828
Natural areas. (OCoLC)fst01033960
Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
North Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204304
Added Author Schafale, Michael P.
Other Form: Print version: Blevins, David, 1967- Wild North Carolina. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834671 (DLC) 2010034638 (OCoLC)663772853
ISBN 9780807877791 (electronic bk.)
0807877794 (electronic bk.)
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