Naturalist’s Notebook

Celebrating Appalachia’s magnificent biodiversity

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Exploring Mountain Bogs

Although mountain bogs represent less than one percent of the southern Appalachian landscape, they are pockets of immense ecological and practical importance and provide a haven for many rare plants and animals.

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Acrobats of the Forest: The Eastern Gray Treefrog

By Meredith Warfield It’s mating season in Appalachia,…

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New Trillium Species Discovered in Eastern Tennessee

By Meredith Warfield When Mark Dunaway and his…

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The Forest’s Bread and Butter

By Chris Samoray Bring down the mast. But…

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Peregrine Falcons: Diving Back into Appalachia

By Nolen Nychay High atop the cityscape, yellow-ringed…

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