Wildflowers Of The Blue Ridge And Great Smoky Mountains
Adkins, Leonard M.
Cook, Joe
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BOOK SUMMARY
Using full-color photography and expertly crafted prose, Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains turns a day hike or drive through our nation's most beautiful and rugged expanse of forested mountains into an object lesson in the stunning b
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Using full-color photography and expertly crafted prose, Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains turns a day hike or drive through our nation's most beautiful and rugged expanse of forested mountains into an object lesson in the stunning beauty of nature.
BOOK EXCERPTS
There is something magical about walking into the rich, shaded retreat of Southern Appalachian woodlands. The air is moist, the forest floor is soft and damp, mosses tint the scene with luminous hues of green, and lush vegetation of diverse sizes keeps your eyes moving from one marvelous shape to another. If you are lucky, the shamrock-shaped leaves of the Wood Sorrel will have added to the enchantment of the place by creating a carpet that covers nearly every inch of ground, its lumps and folds marking where the plants have grown upon rocks, boulders, and fallen trees.
Be sure to linger here, investigate your surroundings a bit more, and the natural world will reward you with a delectation that will elude the casual visitor. Look beyond the Wood Sorrel's pink-veined petals and you will find the plant's hidden secret. Located below the leaves and close to the base of the plant is a cleistogamous flower, a blossom that never opens up, but self-pollinates and produces another set of seeds to help insure propagation of the species.
Wood Sorrel is also known as Sour Grass, a reference to the oxalic acid (hence its genus name of Oxalis) that imparts a somewhat tart, lemon-like taste to its leaves.
BACK COVER
Whether its skunk cabbage blooming in the late winter chill, columbine and phlox bursting with color in the summer heat, or witch hazel blossoms patiently waiting for the cool of late fall, the flowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains put on a spectacular show for all but the coldest months of the year.
Whether on a dayhike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park or winding through 469 miles of mountain beauty along the Blue Ridge Parkway, appreciating the wildflowers along the way, using Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains as your guide, adds a level of enjoyment that has no price.
Flower Identification Tools for each flower include:
Full-page, color photos
Summary description of flower
Bloom Season
Leaves and stem description
Areas of growth
Designed to be a companion volume to the award-winning Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail, this wildflower guide features informative and beautifully written descriptions of each flower, by author and naturalist Leonard Adkins, alongside stunning full-page color photographs by seasoned wilderness photographer Joe Cook.
AUTHOR BIO
When he isn't writing about his experiences or delivering multi-media presentations to hiking or wildflower clubs, Leonard Adkins is hiking. In fact, Adkins, a resident of Fincastle, Virginia, has explored over 16,000 miles of wilderness throughout North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. He is a board member for the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club which helps maintain a section of the trail in that area. As an Appalachian Trail Natural Heritage Monitor, he helps the Appalachian Trail Conference and the National Park Service oversee the welfare of wild and endangered plants.
Since 1991, Joe Cook has traveled more than 3,500 miles by foot and by canoe documenting the Appalachian Trail and Appalachian rivers originating along the famous footpath. Recognized with numerous awards and collected throughout the country, his images have been published in many national and regional magazines including National Wildlife, Backpacker, Blue Ridge Country, Southern Living, Outdoor Traveler, and Blue Ridge Outdoors. He currently resides in Rome, Georgia in a 110-year-old home in the historic district with his daughter and three cats.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0897325672
ISBN(13-digit): 9780897325677
Copyright: 2005
Dewey Decimal: 582.13/09755
Library of Congress: 2004059540
Book Publisher: Pgw
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 264
Paper Weight (lb): 1.40 lb
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