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The “Old Fire”: Smoke billows from the “Old Fire,” a wildfire that raged in the San Bernardino Mountains of California in the fall of 2003. In this view from a distant peak, gray-white smoke rises in great clouds from green mountains, partly obscuring a sky with...; Format: image/photograph

1869 map of North Carolina: An 1869 color map of North Carolina. The map is shaded in three colors according to the forestation in different areas of the state: "Region of Coast Growth," "Long Leaf Pines," and "Oaks." Additional markings show the locations of mineral resources, including...; Format: image/article

After the burn: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 11; Figure 10 shows the forest after the controlled burn illustrated in Figures 8 and 9. There are now signs of wire grasses here because the stems have been burned, but the roots and rhizomes are alive and well under the soil surface. Look back at; By Dirk Frankenberg.

After the controlled burn: Format: image/photograph

Airport in Pokhara, Nepal: A small airport in Pokhara, Nepal during monsoon season. The surrounding landscape is a combination of mountainous forests and cleared farmlands.; Format: image/photograph

Back-Barrier Salt Marsh: Format: image/photograph

Bald Head Island: We have arrived at last to the Atlantic Ocean. On the left side of the inlet is Bald Head Island and on the right is Fort Caswell on the eastern tip of Oak Island. In the foreground is Soutport. The inlet is about one mile across. Notice that the boat traffic...; By Steve Keith.

The Balds; Origins, Exposure, and Succession: Format: image/photograph

Bottomland hardwood forest inland from the swamp forest: Format: image/photograph

Broken stone doorway at Ta Prohm site at Angkor: The massive left stone post of this doorway at Ta Prohm has broken and dropped to the ground. The top and right side of the stone door frame remain wedged in place, allowing people to pass through. Ta Prohm was built as a double-moated, royal monastery during...; Format: image/photograph

Burned Longleaf Savannah (Longleaf Pine Savanna): Format: image/photograph

Cascading rice-fields over Phewa Lake, Pokhara: Cascading rice terraces in a mountain valley near Phewa Lake, Pokhara in western Nepal. These terraces are an important feature of mountain agriculture in Nepal. They are carved into rice fields over generations.; Format: image/photograph

Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, North Carolina: This is a spectacular view from the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, North Carolina. Constructed over 34 years at a price of $100,000,000, the Skyway is North Carolina's most expensive highway. It connects Robbinsville, North Carolina with Tellico Plains,...; Format: image/photograph

Chestnut oak forest: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 3; Most of the hardwood forests throughout the Piedmont and lower elevations of the Blue Ridge Mountains are classified by ecologists as part of the large and complex Eastern Deciduous Forest biome. This biome covers roughly the eastern third of the United States...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Chestnut Oak: A Common Type of Eastern Deciduous Forest: Format: image/photograph

Chestnut Oak: A Common Type of Eastern Deciduous Forest: Format: image/photograph

Climbing the mountain trails: Three men are climbing uphill along a mountain trail in Nepal. In the middle ground we see a Peepal Tree, which is worshiped by Hindus as a reincarnation of Vishnu, the god of protection. Behind the tree a patch of thatch grass is visible. In the mountains,...; Format: image/photograph

Coastal plain blackwater bottomland hardwood forest community (1): In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 17; Figure 15 shows a coastal plain blackwater bottomland hardwood forest community about 100 yards back from the river. This community has a variety of small trees growing under the canopy trees of oak, maple, sweet gum, and pine. If you look closely at the forest...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Coastal plain blackwater bottomland hardwood forest community (2): In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 18; Figure 16 show a view of the White Oak where it is usually nothing but a creek-sized stream about 25 feet across and a few inches deep. As you can see, the floodwaters of Hurricane Floyd continue to keep it out of its banks almost two months later. The are...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Coastal plain bottomland forest: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 8; Figure 6 illustrates a fine river to tour: the Northwest Cape Fear, as it appears in Pender County. The wetland type we see on the far bank is a coastal plain bottomland hardwood community. These communities develop on irregularly flooded habitats along rivers....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

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