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{{for|the lunar range|Smoky Mountains (Moon)}}
{{Infobox mountain range
| name = Great Smoky Mountains
| photo = Clifftops4-7-07.jpg
| photo_size = 300
| photo_caption = The Smoky Mountains, viewed from atop [[Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)|Mount Le Conte]].
| country = United States
| state = Tennessee 
(contracted; show full)synchronized flashing light displays occur in mid-June, is native to the Smoky Mountains with a population epicenter near [[Elkmont, Tennessee]].<ref name=unison>{{cite web|last=Millus|first=Susan|title=U.S. fireflies flashing in unison|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_11_155/ai_54296721/|publisher=Science News|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref>

==Ecosystem threats==
[[Image:Old-black-fraser-firs-tn1.jpg|thumb|Dead [[Fraser fir]]s on the slopes of Old Black]]

[[Air pollution]] 
may beis contributing to increased [[Picea rubens|Red Spruce]] tree mortality at higher elevations and oak decline at lower elevations, while [[invasive species|invasive]] [[hemlock woolly adelgid]]s attack Hemlocks and [[balsam woolly adelgid]]s attack [[Abies fraseri|Fraser Firs]]. ''[[Pseudoscymnus tsugae]]'', a type of beetle in the ladybug family, [[Coccinellidae]], has been [[Biological pest control|introduced]] in an attempt to control the pests.<ref name=cornell>{{cite web |url=htt(contracted; show full)[[Category:Landforms of Sevier County, Tennessee]]
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