. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. D .^. „SJb-<[ • -^. VOL. LXI—NO. 6 HAMILTON, ILL., JUNE, 1921 MONTHLY, $ A YFAR The Honey Producing Possibilities in North CaroHna By Vernon R. Haber, North Carolina State Department of Entomology BY botanists the plants of North Carolina long have been rec- ognized as unsurpassed in va- riety by those of any other State, with the probable exception of cer- tain States bordering upon the Gulf of Mexico. The flora of this State is intermediate between those of north- ern and more southern botanical dis- tricts, for it is within North Caro-
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. D .^. „SJb-<[ • -^. VOL. LXI—NO. 6 HAMILTON, ILL., JUNE, 1921 MONTHLY, $ A YFAR The Honey Producing Possibilities in North CaroHna By Vernon R. Haber, North Carolina State Department of Entomology BY botanists the plants of North Carolina long have been rec- ognized as unsurpassed in va- riety by those of any other State, with the probable exception of cer- tain States bordering upon the Gulf of Mexico. The flora of this State is intermediate between those of north- ern and more southern botanical dis- tricts, for it is within North Caro- lina's boundaries that many typically northern plants reach their southern distribution limits, and some of those which typify southern flora have their most northern dispersal limits. An additional feature which makes possible a much greater variety in the vegetation is that the mountains bordering the western extreme are sufficiently high that the difference in elevation existing between them and the ocean is equivalent to that of from 10 to 12 degrees of latitude. Upon the higher summits of these mountains occur species in both the fauna and flora which are peculiar to those of the mountain regions of New Hampshire, northwestern New York and Canada. That North Carolina lies in a transition zone is a fact long recog- nized. The State is located approxi- mately between the parallels 34 de- grees and 36% degrees north lati- tude, and between the meridians 75% degrees and 84 % degrees west longi- tude. Fi'om eastern to western ex- tremes it is 503% miles long, its most extreme (north and south) width is 187% miles, with an average of 100 miles. The area of the State is 52,286 square miles, of which 48,666 square miles are land and 3,620 square miles are water. Swampy regions occur chiefly along the Atlantic coast. Their area is approximately 4,500 square miles. Concerning plant distribution, there are three rather distinctly marked districts or regions in the State. Naming
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