Cheoah and Gregory are both mown to help keep back encroaching blueberry bushes, though most are now covered with spruce or heath.
The boreal conditions of the hypsithermal cool period is one explanation for the formation of these geographic locations, while others involve the presence of tapir teeth or the presence of settlers like James Spence and Jesse Siler. One of these is labeled the "Beauty Spot" and another "Max Patch," while Hump Mountain is part of the widest expanse of them, atop the Roan Mountain massif. The highest is located in the Shining Rock Wilderness at Black Balsam Knob and the highest regularly maintained one is located just east of (*) Clingman's Dome and is named for Andrews. Cheoah and Gregory are both mown to help keep back encroaching blueberry bushes, though most are now covered with spruce or heath. For 15 points, identify these unique treeless mountaintops in the Southeast Appalachians, named for their denuded appearance
The boreal conditions of the hypsithermal cool period is one explanation for the formation of these geographic locations, while others involve the presence of tapir teeth or the presence of settlers like James Spence and Jesse Siler.
balds (accept grassy bald; do not accept heath bald)