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They give their name to the Uwharrie National Forest. Once entirely cleared for timber and farmland, the mountains were designated a U.S. National Forest in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. The woodlands have since returned, providing a haven for a diversity of wildlife, recreational facilities, and numerous Native American archeological sites.
Land was first purchased by the Federal government in 1931, and the area was known as the Uwharrie Reservation. The Uwharrie Forest was given federal designation in the early 1960s by President John F. Kennedy, along with the Nantahala, Pisgah, and Croatan National Forests. The forest is bisected by several state and interstate highways.
Anemonoides lancifolia (formerly known as Anemone lancifolia), the lanceleaf anemone or mountain thimbleweed, is an herbaceous plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. [1] The genus occurs in the Southeastern United States. Plants grow 20 to 30 cm tall, growing from a horizontally-orientated rhizome, flowering mid-spring to early summer.
Green’s mountain ash (S. scopulina) is native to the mountains from Alaska to California, and east to the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains. It grows as a multi-stemmed shrub that is ...
Tiarella cordifolia, the heart-leaved foamflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. [3] The specific name cordifolia means "with heart-shaped leaves", [4] a characteristic shared by all taxa of Tiarella in eastern North America.
Morrow Mountain Trail: A 2.6-mile (4.2 km) [13] (one way) trail that starts at the camp office and ends at the Mountain Loop Trail at the Overlook, the Morrow Mountain Trail is the most hiked trail in the park. Going up Morrow Mountain (or going down) is a decent climb and for the rest of the trail (blue triangle blazes) the trail rolls up and ...
The Croatan National Forest (/ ˈ k r oʊ ə t æ n /) [3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.It is administered by the United States Forest Service, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture.
website, operated by the Balsam Mountain Trust, about 4,400 acres, nature center includes live animals, general public must have confirmed reservations to visit Bass Lake Park: Holly Springs: Wake: Triangle: website, park features 100-acre lake stocked for fishing, nature center with native animal exhibits, operated by the City