Wildflowers Of Mammoth Cave National Park

Author : Randy Seymour
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081318178X
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park written by Randy Seymour and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2025-03-17 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only for use in the Mammoth Cave area, this guide is widely useful in a large area, including much of the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. An in-depth field guide to 400 wildflowers found along the trails and roads within the park. Each wildflower is represented by a brilliant full-color photograph and accompanied by identifying characteristic text that specifies the colors, floral and leaf forms, flowering time, native or introduced status, as well as the plant's folklore and history, its past herbal or medicinal use, and myriad other facts and myths. For those enthusiasts eager to search for new discoveries, the appendix provide tables showing the observed flowering period, a flower hunting planning guide, and an index of flowers by trail. A lasting and memorable introduction to the park's wildflowers—nearly all of which extend throughout Kentucky and neighboring states—Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park is an indispensable tool for the amateur enthusiast and the professional botanist alike.

Author : David Rains Wallace
Publisher : Department of Interior
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.7Z/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoth Cave written by David Rains Wallace and published by Department of Interior. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mike Graf
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736822213
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoth Cave National Park written by Mike Graf and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Mammoth Cave National Park, including its location, history, plants and animals, weather, and activities for visitors. Includes a map activity.

Author : Raymond Klass
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081313336X
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoth Cave National Park written by Raymond Klass and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011-01-23 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is home to the world's longest cave system, boasting over 350 miles of explored and mapped passageways. Geologists estimate that there could be many more miles of this vast subterranean world that remain unexplored. In addition to the renowned Mammoth Cave, the park also includes over 50,000 acres of hills, streams, and forests with nearly 70 miles of scenic trails. The Green River, which plays an integral role in the cave's ecosystem, winds through this impressive landscape. As an artist-in-residence at the park, nature photographer Raymond Klass was granted access to the cave and the surrounding wilderness. While living at the park, he took thousands of photographs of famous cave formations, such as Frozen Niagara and the Drapery Room, as well as scenery and wildlife not often seen by the general public. Mammoth Cave National Park: Reflections is a record of Klass's unique visual exploration of the above- and belowground ecosystems within the park. The book includes more than 100 dramatic full-color photographs, which are accompanied by Klass's commentary and extracts from the journal he kept while living and working in the park. Klass captures the sounds and sights of the vast underground world of the cave system. He describes flowstone and other mineral formations that adorn the underground labyrinth of tunnels, collapses, and pits. The walls and ceiling of the Gothic Avenue room bear hundreds of signatures written with candle smoke by visitors and tour guides before Mammoth Cave became a national park. Bits of cane reed torches used by Native Americans still lie next to the walls that were mined for gypsum in ages past. Underground streams and rivers wind through the darkest reaches, hundreds of feet below ground, before emerging outside the cave as springs. Mammoth Cave National Park captures the breathtaking beauty and extraordinary diversity of one of our most popular national parks.

Author : Johnny Molloy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493015338
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Mammoth Cave National Park written by Johnny Molloy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Mammoth Cave National Park, 2nd covers in detail all of the aboveground and belowground activities in this 50,000-acre national park, including hiking, biking, scenic driving, camping, paddling, fishing, and of course, caving.

Author : Colleen O'Connor Olson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813169267
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoth Cave Curiosities written by Colleen O'Connor Olson and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Elton John, blind fish, the original Twinkie, President Ronald Reagan's Secret Service detail, and mummies don't usually come up in the same conversation—unless you're at Mammoth Cave National Park! Home to the earth's longest known cave system, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the oldest tourist attractions in North America. Although this remarkable place has been immortalized in works ranging from Herman Melville's Moby Dick to H. P. Lovecraft's "The Beast in the Cave," the realities of life at Mammoth Cave can be stranger than fiction. In this charming book, Colleen O'Connor Olson takes readers on a tour through a labyrinth of topics. She discusses scientific subjects such as the fossils of prehistoric animals and the secret lives of subterranean critters, and she provides essential information on dating in the cave (the age of rocks and artifacts, not courtship). Olson also explores Mammoth Cave's rich history, covering its use as the world's first tuberculosis sanatorium as well as its operation as a saltpeter mine during the War of 1812, and shares the inspirational story of the park's first female ranger. Throughout, Olson offers up humorous accounts of celebrity visits and astounding adventures and even includes a chapter dedicated to jokes told in the cave over the years. Whether you're visiting the national park, thinking about visiting, or just curious about a place recognized as one of the world's greatest natural wonders, don't miss this delightful guide to the wild and wonderful subterranean world of Mammoth Cave.

Author : Thomas G. Barnes
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813129228
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kentucky's Last Great Places written by Thomas G. Barnes and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stanley D. Sides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780939748310
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to the Surface Trails of Mammoth Cave National Park written by Stanley D. Sides and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
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Download or read book Mammoth Cave National Park written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: