Naturalist’s Notebook

Celebrating Appalachia’s magnificent biodiversity

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Maple Sugar Production Here Rivaled New England’s

Sugar Mountain. Sugar Grove. Sugar Hollow. Sugar Knob….

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Magnolias and Firs: The John Fraser Connection

Range maps of firs and magnolias generally show…

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When Cane Was King: The Story Of Native Bamboo

Traveling around the southern Appalachians, I occasionally glimpse…

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Locust Trees Helped America Win Wars, Grow Crops

It does not have the spreading majesty of…

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