BIOL 315   Field Trip to the Smokies
April 11-13
View from the Campbell overlook, with snow on Mt. Leconte
 
 
The cove forest along the Porter Creek Trail
 
 
For comparison, an "oldfield" near a settlement along the Porter Creek Trail
 
 
A Blue Ridge Spring Salamander and a Brown Salamander in a creek
feeding into Porter's Creek.
 
Water Striders in Porter's Creek.  Why are there 12 legs?
 
Looking back at the Smokies from the Foothills Parkway as we head back to BG