Quick Facts: The Shining Rock Wilderness is in Haywood County, North Carolina and is 18,483 acres.
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Southern Appalachian Mountain Ecology
Most botanists are familiar with the ecological similarities between the southern Appalachians and the Klamath Mountains. These two regions are the two most bio-diverse temperate regions in North America. Here is as excerpt from Conifer Country: