Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations, color maps. |
Series |
Falcon pocket guide |
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Falcon pocket guide.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
The stunning wildlife along the Blue Ridge Parkway attracts more than 14 million annual visitors from near and far for viewing and photographing opportunities. This information-packed, pocket-size field guide features more than 200 species of mammals, birds, insects, fish, wildflowers, mushrooms and more in a convenient, portable package. Including full-color photos and easy-to-understand descriptions, species are arranged by family to aid in quick identification. This book also includes ecosystem and geology information about the park as well as suggested nature hikes. This is the perfect nature guide for your next trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Contents |
Title Page; Nature Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway; Copyright; Contents; Blue Ridge Parkway; Acknowledgments; Shared Responsibility; Blue Ridge Parkway: The Basics; Introduction; COYOTE; GRAY FOX; RED FOX; AMERICAN BEAVER; ELK; WHITE-TAILED DEER; DEER MOUSE; MUSKRAT; PINE VOLE; VIRGINIA OPOSSUM; BOBCAT; EASTERN COTTONTAIL; STRIPED SKUNK; NORTHERN RIVER OTTER; RACCOON; EASTERN CHIPMUNK; GRAY SQUIRREL; WOODCHUCK; BLACK BEAR; RED BAT; BROAD-WINGED HAWK; RED-TAILED HAWK; WOOD DUCK; GREAT BLUE HERON; CEDAR WAXWING; INDIGO BUNTING; NORTHERN CARDINAL; ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK; TURKEY VULTURE; BLUE JAY. |
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Common ravenchipping sparrow; dark-eyed junco; eastern towhee; american goldfinch; tree swallow; baltimore oriole; gray catbird; carolina chickadee; tufted titmouse; american redstart; black-throated green warbler; wild turkey; red-bellied woodpecker; yellow-bellied sapsucker; ruby-crowned kinglet; red-breasted nuthatch; barred owl; scarlet tanager; ruby-throated hummingbird; american robin; eastern bluebird; eastern phoebe; red-eyed vireo; eastern american toad; cope's gray treefrog; spring peeper; blue ridge dusky salamander; blue ridge two-lined salamander; eastern red-backed salamander. |
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NORTHERN GRAY-CHEEKED SALAMANDERPEAKS OF OTTER SALAMANDEr; YONAHLOSSEE SALAMANDER; EASTERN SNAPPING TURTLE; NORTHERN WATER SNAKE; ROUGH GREEN SNAKE; EASTERN BOX TURTLE; EASTERN FENCE LIZARD; NORTHERN COPPERHEAD; TIMBER RATTLESNAKE; BLUEGILL; REDBREAST SUNFISH; SMALLMOUTH BASS; BLUE RIDGE SCULPIN; WARPAINT SHINER; EASTERN BROOK TROUT; RAINBOW TROUT; SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER; SUMMER AZURE; COMMON BUCKEYE; GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY; MONARCH; QUESTION MARK; RED-SPOTTED PURPLE; EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL; PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL; SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL; ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL; CABBAGE WHITE; ORANGE SULPHUR. |
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Hummingbird clearwing mothgreen darner; honeybee; golden garden spider; woolly bear caterpillar; ebony jewelwing; milkweed beetle; periodical cicada; acorn weevil; northern walkingstick; gray-footed lancetooth snail; american dog tick; calico pennant; rabid wolf spider; carolina mantis; round-tipped conehead; crane fly; millipede; fall leaf color id; red maple; pawpaw; flowering dogwood; sourwood; black locust; eastern redbud; american chestnut; scarlet oak; yellow buckeye; black walnut; shagbark hickory; sassafras; fraser magnolia; tulip tree; fringe tree; white ash; princess tree. |
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Carolina hemlockfraser fir; white pine; sycamore; allegheny serviceberry; apple; black cherry; mountain ash; elderberry; hobblebush; staghorn sumac; winterberry holly; common sweetshrub; mountain sweet pepperbush; carolina rhododendron; catawba rhododendron; dog hobble; flame azalea; great rhododendron; mountain fetterbush; mountain laurel; pinxter azalea; bristly locust; witch hazel; wild hydrangea; spicebush; yellowroot; multiflora rose; purple flowering raspberry; smooth blackberry; poison ivy; dutchman's pipe; trumpet creeper; trumpet honeysuckle; oriental bittersweet; beaked dodder. |
Subject |
Natural history -- Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)
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Animals -- Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Identification.
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Plants -- Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Identification.
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Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Guidebooks.
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Animals -- Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Identification.
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Plants -- Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Identification.
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NATURE -- General.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Animals. (OCoLC)fst00809468
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Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
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Plants. (OCoLC)fst01065823
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United States -- Blue Ridge Parkway.
(OCoLC)fst01311109
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Genre/Form |
Identification guides. (OCoLC)fst01940354
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Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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Added Author |
Simpson, Rob, 1948-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Simpson, Ann Cary. Nature guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Guilford, Conn. : Falcon Guides, ©2013 0762780959 (OCoLC)812254346 |
ISBN |
9780762793624 (electronic bk.) |
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0762793627 (electronic bk.) |
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