With over 800 miles of hiking trails, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the United States. Black bears live at all elevations of Great Smoky Mountains National Park with an estimated 2,000 black bears—about two bears per square mile. The Great Smoky Mountains are known as the “Salamander Capital …
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A Naturalist’s Guide to Ghost Pipe or Indian Pipe Ghost Pipe is a wildflower with a ghostly appearance, a unique relationship with fungi, and a role in traditional medicine. Ghost pipe, also known as Indian pipe or corpse plant, is a white, waxy, and translucent wildflower found in North American forests. The various names come from its resemblance …
As part of the Appalachian mountains, the Great Smoky Mountains, or the Smokies, are one of America’s oldest mountain ranges forming approximately 200-300 million years ago. The Smokies run along the border of Tennesee and North Carolina in the Southeastern United States. The 522,427 acres of Great Smoky Mountain National Park is relatively untouched and …
Editor’s Note: This list will be continuously updated with Nantucket Lightship Basket Makers. If you have any comments or suggesstions, contact us at admin@naturalistsguide.com. The Earliest Makers of Nantucket Lightship Baskets (19th Century-ish) Captain Thomas S. James Captain Charles B. Ray Captain James Wyer William D. Appleton James F. Chase Davis Hall Isaac Hamblin Charles …