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Cataract bogs are found only in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States, at elevations of between 1,200 and 2,400 feet (370 and 730 m). They are restricted to the Blue Ridge Escarpment region of South Carolina and a small area of North Carolina , a region with exceptionally high rainfall.
The refuge was established in 2015 to conserve Southern Appalachian Bogs in North Carolina and Tennessee, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add more sites to the refuge, by working with willing landowners. The reserve protects habitat for multiple threatened and endangered species, migratory birds, and important game species.
Appalachian bogs are boreal ecosystems, which occur in many places in the Appalachians, particularly the Allegheny and Blue Ridge subranges. [19] Though popularly called bogs, many of them are technically fens. [20] Bog species include cranberry and blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla), and buckbean (Menyanthes ...
Bogs of the United States by state ... Appalachian bogs (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Bogs of the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of ...
The principal settlements of the Alleghenies are Altoona, State College, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and Cumberland, Maryland. Using the USGS classification of physical geography (physiography), the Allegheny Mountain range is part of the Appalachian Plateau province of the Appalachian Highlands physiographic division.
The CCC-built beachhouse on the shores of Black Moshannon Lake near the bridge, where Antes Tavern and village were once located. Prior to the arrival of William Penn and his Quaker colonists in 1682, an estimated 90 percent of what is now Pennsylvania was covered with old-growth forest: over 31,000 square miles (80,000 km 2) of white pine, eastern hemlock, and a mix of hardwoods. [15]
Cataract bogs are found only in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States, at elevations of between 1,200 and 2,400 feet (370 and 730 m).They are restricted to the Blue Ridge Escarpment region of South Carolina and a small area of North Carolina, a region with exceptionally high rainfall.
Bear Meadows Natural Area was founded in 1965 as a State Forest Natural Area, and has since been expanded to 890 acres. The area contains a bog surrounded by steep mountains, in an enclosed valley that has been poorly drained for thousands of years. The bog creates a swampy landscape that is unusual for central Pennsylvania, and it is known for ...