Gary Fleming leads a small party across the tall bluffs, through the thick forest, and down the steep ravines that characterize the Virginia side of the Potomac River just north of Washington, DC. Fleming points to the stately beeches, plentiful tulip poplars, and majestic northern red and chestnut oaks that cover the hillsides, as well as to the understory of mountain laurel, sugar maples, and bladdernut. He revels in describing the Virginia bluebells, Dutchman's breeches, wild blue phlox, sessile trillium, and other wild flowers that carpet the forest floor here every spring in various shades of yellow, red, and blue.
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1 January 2004
The Wildest Urban River: Potomac River Gorge
JEFFREY P. COHN
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BioScience
Vol. 54 • No. 1
January 2004
Vol. 54 • No. 1
January 2004