Record #:

7135

Author(s):

Blackburn, Charles, Jr.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 11, Apr 2005, p98-100, 102, 104-105, il

Subject(s):

Wildflowers