Record #:

40536

Author(s):

Henion, Leigh Ann

Abstract:

Living at Linville Gorge’s cliff are plants revealing ancient ecosystems long unknown and trees a retired Appalachian State professor believes are a millennium old. Support for his perspective of cliffs, which include their ecological as well as geological aspects, is a profile of the Table Mountain Pine, in addition to plants like Rock Tripe Lichen and Mountain Golden Heather.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 87 Issue 5, October 2019, p144-145

Subject(s):

Linville Gorge; Linville Gorge--Description and travel; Forest ecology; Forest management; Cliff ecology; Forest management--controlled burns--tree populations; Ecosystems; Michaux, André, 1746-1802; Lichens; Linville Gorge--plants--Mountain Golden Heather; Southern Appalachia--endemic trees--Table Mountain Pine