Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations

Roan Mountain Highlands · By Dirk Frankenberg and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer

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  1. Cover
  2. 1. The unique beauty of the Roan Highlands
  3. 2. Why are the rocks and plant communities of Roan Mountain interesting to natural scientists?
  4. 3. Roan massif
  5. 4. A grassy bald
  6. 5. Grassy bald community
  7. 6. The oldest rock in North Carolina
  8. 7. A boulder of Roan Mountain gneiss
  9. 8. Plutonic gabbro
  10. 9. Gneiss and gabbro
  11. 10. Grassy bald with spruce and rhododendron
  12. 11. Forest and bald
  13. 12. Mature spruce-fir forest
  14. 13. Interior of spruce-fir forest
  15. 14. Snow in the forest
  16. 15. Northern hardwood community
  17. 16. Climate on north- and south-facing slopes
  18. 17. A high-elevation creek
  19. 18. A creek at middle elevations
  20. 19. A creek at the base of Roan Highlands
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