The Blue Ridge Mountains

Jacob AlfordD’Anne Anthony

MyaWilloughby

Map of GeorgiaWhere in Georgia is

this habitat found ? The Blue Ridge

habitat is found in the Northern part of the state of Georgia. We could find this habitat also in North Alabama.

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Animalsin the Blue Ridge Mountains

When a white-tailed deer senses danger, it tries to sneak quietly away. It lowers its head and tail. The adult white-tailed deer has two different coats each year. In the summer one is reddish-brown. In the winter one is grayish-brown. Only the males have antlers.

Red FoxFoxes can eat a pound or two of rodents and rabbits each day. This helps to control the population of these animals. Foxes like to attack fowl and game. Pheasants are a favored target. Foxes are trapped for their valuable fur. But the fox is clever and intelligent. Its hearing, sight, and sense of smell are highly developed.

The groundhog is known as the woodchuck, land beaver or whistle pig, and is in the rat family. The groundhog lives in rocky and mountainous areas, but the woodchuck is a lowland creature. He can weigh from 4.5 to 9 pounds. In areas with fewer natural predators and large quantities of grass, groundhogs can grow to 32 in and 30 lbs. Groundhogs are known for digging, with short but powerful limbs and curved, thick claws.

Ground

hog

Black Bear

The black bear lives two different lives, according to the season. In the spring, summer, and fall, it only thinks about eating. It can be seen on the shore of a stream or lake fishing for salmon. When winter approaches, the bear goes back to its den and falls asleep. During the two to four months of cold weather, the bear's body temperature and breathing slow down.

Length: 41/2 to 6 feetWeight: 200 to 600 poundsDiet: omnivorousNumber of Young:

1 to 3Home: North America

Class: mammalsOrder: carnivoresFamily: bears

Bob Cat

The Bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it will hunt anything from insects and small rodents to deer. Prey depends on where it is and habitat, season, and how many creatures there are. Like most cats, the Bobcat is territorial and likes to be alone. It uses several methods to mark its boundaries, including claw marks and deposits of urine.

Rattlesnake

There are many species of poisonous snakes in the United States. The Copperhead, Water Moccasin and Rattlesnake, belong to a group known as pit vipers. Rattlesnakes are equipped for both day and night vision.

Bats may be the most misunderstood animals in the United States. Almost all U.S. bats, and 70 percent of the bat species worldwide, feed on insects and are very beneficial. One bat can eat between 600 and 1,000 mosquitoes and other insect pests in just one hour.

Bats

Rainbow TroutRainbow trout prefer

clear, cool, high quality water. Sometimes trout migrate to the ocean where they spend several years of their life. Rainbow trout have long been known for the spectacular leaps and runs they make when caught by the sport fisherman in swift, cool, white-water rivers.

DogWoodThe flowering dogwood is a bushy tree seldom reaching more than 40 feet in height, it often is known as a shrub. The oval-shaped leaves are sharply pointed at the tip and grow opposite each other on the stem. The leaves are among the first to turn color in autumn, changing from a bright green to a brilliant scarlet.

BLACKBERRYThe blackberries grow wild in the Blue Ridge habitats of Georgia. They make beautiful purple flowers and then will bear delicious fruit for us to eat.

AZALEA

May is the month for azaleas. They have wonderful scents. The flowers of the azaleas come in pink, red, orange, purplish and white shades of color. They have bright green foliage are a delight to see bloom every year.

Wild flower

Family:   (Lily)Height:  3 to 7 ft.Blooms:  July to SeptemberLeaf Type:   smoothBloom Size:  2.5 in.

These pretty flowers grow wild in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Cherokee Rose

No better symbol exists of the pain and suffering of the Trail Where They Cried than the Cherokee. The mothers of the Cherokee grieved so much that the chiefs prayed for a sign to lift the mother's spirits and give them strength to care for their children. From that day forward, a beautiful new flower, a rose, grew wherever a mother's tear fell to the ground. The rose is white, for the mother's tears. It has a gold center, for the gold taken from the Cherokee lands, and seven leaves on each stem that represent the seven Cherokee clans that made the journey. To this day, the Cherokee Rose prospers along the route of the "Trail of Tears". (Taken from the internet, Wikopedia, 2009)

QUIZHow do the white tail deer live?

A. Only drinkB. Eat meatC. Drinks water and eats plants

QUIZWhich city does the Cherokee rose stand

for?A. Rose wellB. Woodstock C. Rome

QUIZ

Are bears meat-eaters or plant eaters?

A. Plant eatersB. Meat eaters

C. Meat eaters and plant eaters

Referenceswww.Google.comFind it fast.comWikipedia.comYahoo.comGrolier online kids. com

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