Description |
1 online resource (vii, 176 pages) : color illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Natural history -- North Carolina.
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Natural history. |
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North Carolina. |
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Natural areas -- North Carolina.
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Natural areas. |
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Biotic communities -- North Carolina.
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Biotic communities. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Schafale, Michael P.
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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 book) |
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0807877794 (electronic book) |
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9780807834671 |
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080783467X |
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