An Abundance of Curiosities: The Natural History of North Carolina's Coastal Plain

A popular tourist area, North Carolina’s coastal region is the destination of roughly 25 percent of all North Carolina visitors each year, or approximately 12.1 million people. Composed of twenty-eight of the eastern-most counties of North Carolina, the Coastal Plain is the largest and most diverse of the state’s three biogeographical regions.

Beginning with an overview of early naturalists who marveled at the region’s natural treasures, Eric G. Bolen and James F. Parnell’s natural history ...