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North Carolina's swamps, meadows, and woodlands are home to a large number of native plants, such as bee-balm and devil's walking stick, that stand out because of their colors, shapes, and leaf structures.
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2792
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Lovers of wildflowers can have their appreciation enhanced through use of a hand-held magnifying glass, which can reveal secrets unseen by the naked eye.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 3, Mar 1996,
p14-19, il
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4608
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The North Carolina Botanical Garden named the eastern aromatic aster North Carolina Wildflower of the Year for 2000. This uncommon plant grows in only two western counties and blooms in early October. The wildflower program is in its 19th year.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
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6753
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“The summer flowering episode is my favorite, particularly in the mountain region,†says Adams. â€Beginning around mid-July and lasting into September, the roadsides become an exciting hodgepodge of vivid yellows, purples, and reds.†The flowers that Adams describes are summer wildflowers. Spring wildflowers have plenty of sunshine to grow in, but the summer ones must compete for the light. This makes them grow tall, big, and in thick clusters. Such growth makes for good viewing of their blossoms either on road shoulders or in adjoining fields. He describes wildflower viewing in the following areas: Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Ashe and Alleghany Counties, U.S. Highway 19, and Nantahala and Pisgah national forests.
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North Carolina has one of the largest highway systems in the nation, with 79,000 miles of state-maintained roads. Only Texas with 80,000 has more. Each year along these roadways, from the mountains to the coast, the North Carolina Department of Transportation cultivates some 3,500 acres in wildflowers. Now in its 20 year, NCDOT the wildflower program is the largest in the nation.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 11, Apr 2005,
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9333
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Jake Beattie has made nearly 2,000 colored slides of four to five hundred species of flowers native to North Carolina.
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9783
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The mountains ranges of the Southern Appalachians, Great Smokies, and Blue Ridge contain one of the richest floral gardens on the planet. Over 1,400 species of wildflowers have been recorded there. Ellis photographs and describes some of them.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 4, Apr 1985,
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15526
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The shortia, so far as known, grows nowhere else in the world except in certain area of the state's mountains. The flower was found by Andre Michaux, the famous French botanist, on a trip through the state's mountains in 1787. It remained unnamed until Dr. Asa Gray, the American botanist, discovered it on a trip to Paris in 1838 and named it in honor of Professor Short of Kentucky. It was rediscovered in the mountains in 1877.
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16440
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This article discusses using native warm-season grass meadows cover and food for small game, mammals, and songbirds. Wildflowers, while creating a pleasant view, also attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The article includes a chart of grasses and wildflowers, the time to plant and the amount per acre.
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26586
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The National Wildflower Research Center studies ways wildflowers can be used for water conservation, erosion control and landscaping. The Center stresses highway beautification, encouraging state highway departments to plant wildflowers along roadways.
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26940
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A woodlands tract, known as Camassia Slopes, harbors rare and endangered species of wildflowers along the Roanoke River in Northampton County. The North Carolina Nature Conservancy will manage the site as a wildlife sanctuary and field laboratory for education and research projects. They will also begin an inventory of the plant species and monitor wildflower populations.
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30848
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The North Carolina Botanical Garden chose Piedmont Barbara’s Buttons (Marshallia obovata var. obovata) as Wildflower of the Year for 2009. Other award-winning melons, squash, and perennials are also described in this article, as well as tips on native plant gardening.
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41259
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The Carolina Pink, or /Silene caroliniana/, is a North Carolina native wildflower that thrives as ground cover in most settings.
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41261
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Spring comes early in the mountains; along with showers, April brings the first of the wildflowers and new saplings.
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