Great Smoky Mountains: A Visitor's CompanionStackpole Books, 2003 - 270 pages The ecosystems within Great Smoky Mountain National Park--from old growth forests to balds--support a wide variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mammals, and plants. This new addition to the Visitor's Companion series describes and illustrates in full color dozens of these plant and animal species. It also explores the park's geology, climate, and history--at once a traveler's guide, field guide, and natural history of one of America's most popular national parks. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Climate | 15 |
History | 23 |
Geology | 54 |
Plants | 66 |
Fish | 113 |
Amphibians and Reptiles | 121 |
Birds | 143 |
Mammals | 178 |
Hiking Guide | 200 |
Nearby Areas | 214 |
Bird List | 220 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Abrams Creek Andrews Bald Appalachian Trail areas balds Bark birds Blooms brook trout Cades Cove Cataloochee Cherokee chestnut climbs Clingmans Dome color Common summer resident Cosby created Creek Trail Crown dark brown Deep Creek Description Distribution dorsal drainage Elkmont Fairly common resident Fairly common summer feet fish Flowers Flycatcher Fork found in GSMNP Gap Trail gray Greenbrier Gregory Bald GSMNP habitat Height higher elevations hike land Leaves Length 5 inches Little Pigeon River Little River logging Loop lower elevations Male mammals maple miles moist Mount LeConte National Forest national park Newfound Gap North Carolina Oconaluftee Oconaluftee River old-growth forest park's patch pine reddish region Remarks Ridge Trail rocks SALAMANDER Sandstone shrew side Smokemont Smoky Mountains SNAKE southern Appalachian Sparrow species spots spruce-fir forests streams stripe Sugarlands tail Tennessee throat timber trailhead trees typically underparts valley Vireo Warbler Dendroica Wilderness wings woodlands woodpecker woods