A Natural History of the Central Appalachians
- ISBN-10
- 193320267X
- ISBN-13
- 9781933202679
- Category
- Nature / General
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press
- Author
- Steven L. Stephenson
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