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
