A gnarly carpet of tree roots covers the ground of a high elevation mountain forest on Mount Mitchell in western North Carolina, the highest peak of t


A gnarly carpet of tree roots covers the ground of a high elevation mountain forest on Mount Mitchell in western North Carolina, the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and of mainland eastern North America


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Location: Mount Mitchell State Park, North Carolina, USA
Photo credit: © Judith Bicking / Alamy / Afripics
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