One of a Kind
by Lynn Bauer
Title
One of a Kind
Artist
Lynn Bauer
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The rolling mountains in North Carolina are covered with many trees of various types, creating a quilted pattern of colors as the hills fade into the fog. One lone tree creates a visual impact, as seen from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville.
Blue Ridge Parkway: Along this route an unsurpassed diversity of climate zones, vegetation zones, physiographic zones, and geological features are traversed. The more than 81,000 acres of Parkway lands pass through a highland area of five degrees longitude and approximately 3 degrees latitude, making it the third largest unit of the National Park Service in terms of area covered. Park resources include 400 streams and 47 Natural Heritage Areas (areas set aside as national, regional or state examples of exemplary natural communities). With an elevation range of 5,700 feet the Parkway provides a home for both southern species at the lower elevations and northern species on the mountaintops. Taking advantage of this diversity are 14 major vegetation types, about 1,250 vascular plant species (50 threatened or endangered), and almost 100 species of non-native plants. Nearly 100 species of trees grow along the Parkway, about as many as are found in all of Europe. Added to that are estimates of almost 400 species of mosses and nearly 2,000 species of fungi. 54 different mammals, more than 50 salamanders and 40 reptiles can be found on Parkway lands. 159 species of birds are known to nest here with dozens of others passing through during fall and spring migrations.
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December 20th, 2012
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