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ENP 2.3: Shenandoah National Park: Plants and Animals
Everybody's National Parks
English - May 11, 2017 17:06 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Description
Danielle talks with Ann and Rob Simpson, biologists and photographers, about their nature guides for the National Parks (0:40), the diverse ecosystem of Shenandoah National Park (4:14), wildflowers, orchids and threats to plants (12:10), birds (24:19), butterflies (35:15), wildlife (39:43), and the endemic Shenandoah Salamander found no where else in the world (46:35).
Related Links
Nature Guide books by Ann and Rob Simpson http://www.annrobsimpson.com/books/
Shenandoah National Park Association http://www.snpbooks.org
Wildflowers in Shenandoah https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/wildflowers.htm
Illegal Wildflower Poaching https://www.facebook.com/shenandoahnps/photos/a.368275649864529.105808.197375046954591/2493528124005927/?type=3
(Wildflowers) Big Meadows’ Trails https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/upload/big_meadows_area_2013.pdf
(Wildflowers) Sneed Farm Loop Trail https://www.nps.gov/shen/fox-hollow.htm
(Wildflowers and Bird Watching) Mill Prong Trail https://virginiatrailguide.com/2009/05/31/mill-prong-rapidan-camp-trail/
(Bird watching) Hawksbill Trail https://www.nps.gov/shen/hawksbill.htm
(Bird Watching) Stoney Man Trail https://www.nps.gov/shen/stony-man.htm
(Bird Watching) Limber Lost Trail https://virginiatrailguide.com/2009/06/12/limberlost/
(Bird Watching) South River Falls Trail at mile 62 https://www.nps.gov/shen/south-river-falls.htm
Peregrine Falcon https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/falcon.htm
Early hair streak
Hoary Elfin Butterfly http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Callophrys-polios
Bearberry on Millers Head trail (near Skyland) http://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=565
(Bearberry) Millers Head Trail https://virginiatrailguide.com/2009/10/01/millers-head/
Animals https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/animals.htm
(Bears) Mathews Arms Campground https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm
(Bears) Loft Mountain Campground and Frasier Discovery Trail https://www.nps.gov/shen/frazier.htm
(Bears) Marys Rock Tunnel https://www.nps.gov/shen/marys-rock.htm
Bear Safety https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/bear_safety.htm
American Black Bears https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/black-bear.htm
Shenandoah Salamander https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/shenandoah_salamander.htm