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The Nantahala National Forest, established in 1920, is a national forest located in the American state of North Carolina. The word "Nantahala" is a Cherokee word meaning "Land of the Noonday Sun." The name is appropriate as, in some spots, the sun only reaches the floors of the deep gorges of the forest when high overhead at midday. The Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Soto explored the area in …
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Trails
(227)
FEATURED
Trail of Tears
Trailheads
(58)
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Fontana Dam Visitors Center Trailhead
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Boat Launches
(27)
FEATURED
Massey Branch Boat Ramp
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Picnic Areas
(14)
FEATURED
Yellow Mountain Firetower Picnic Area
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Campgrounds
(7)
FEATURED
Tsali Campground
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Attractions
Observation Points
(41)
FEATURED
Upper Whitewater Falls Observation Point
Visitor Centers
(1)
FEATURED
Gorges State Park Visitor Center
Plants
Liriodendron tulipifera
SPECIES ·
“Tuliptree”, “Yellow Poplar”
69
Observations
JAN - DEC
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
56
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pueraria montana
SPECIES ·
“Kudzu”
34
Observations
JAN - DEC
Maianthemum racemosum
SPECIES ·
“Feathery False Lily of the Valley”
31
Observations
JAN - DEC
Polystichum acrostichoides
SPECIES ·
“Christmas Fern”
31
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Hyla chrysoscelis (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Storeria dekayi
SPECIES ·
“Brownsnake”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Water Snake
Nerodia sipedon (species),
“Lake Erie Water Snake”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis (species)
8,110
Observations
JAN - DEC
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor (species),
“Parus Bicolor”
7,752
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
7,343
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus (species),
“Rufous-Sided Towhee”
7,264
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
7,222
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Hydropsyche betteni
SPECIES
30
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Adelges tsugae (species)
25
Observations
JAN - DEC
Diplectrona modesta
SPECIES
23
Observations
JAN - DEC
Battus philenor
SPECIES ·
“Pipevine Swallowtail”
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pteronarcys scotti
SPECIES
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Umbilicaria mammulata
SPECIES ·
“Navel Lichen”
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Porpidia albocaerulescens
SPECIES ·
“Smoky-Eye Boulder Lichen”, “Porpidia Lichen”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lobaria pulmonaria
SPECIES ·
“Lungwort”, “Lung Lichen”
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Heterodermia speciosa
SPECIES ·
“Shield Lichen”, “Powdered Fringe Lichen”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cladonia apodocarpa
SPECIES ·
“Cup Lichen”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Geographic Places
307
Region
49
Vegetation
9
Protected Area
33
Forest
1
National Forest
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National Forest
Nantahala National Forest
Nantahala National Forest
Nantahala National Forest
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