forestry regions in the united states
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Forestry Regions in the United States. Environment and Natural Resources I Objective 28.01. US Forestry Regions. West Coast Western Central Tropical Northern Southern. US Forestry Regions. Hawaii and Alaska have their own four regions Coast Interior West Dry. West Coast. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Forestry Regions in the United States
Environment and Natural Resources I
Objective 28.01
US Forestry Regions
West Coast Western Central Tropical Northern Southern
US Forestry Regions
Hawaii and Alaska have their own four regions Coast Interior West Dry
West Coast
Pacific Ocean Central California Canadian Border
Western
Mountainous regions Southwestern Texas
to Wyoming Central Washington Northern California
Central
New York State to northern Georgia
West to Texas North to Minnesota
Tropical
Southern tips Florida Texas
Northern
From Maine south along the mountains to Georgia
Northern Michigan Northern Minnesota
Southern
Coast of Virginia to eastern Texas
North to Missouri
West Coast Tree Species
Douglas Fir Coast Redwood Western Red Cedar Sitka Spruce Sugar Pine Lodgepole Pine Incense Cedar Port Oxford Cedar
White Fir Red Aider Bigleaf Maple
Western Region
Ponderosa Pine Idaho White Pine Sugar Pine Douglas Fir Enelmann Spruce
Western Larch White Fir Incense Cedar Lodgepole Pine Western Red Cedar Aspen
Central
Shortleaf Pine Virginia Pine Red Oak White Oak Hickory Elm White Ash
Black Walnut Sycamore Cottonwood Yellow Poplar Black Gum Red Maple Sweet Gum
Tropical
Mahogany Bay Tree Mangrove
Northern Region
Eastern White Pine Red Spruce Black Spruce White Spruce Norway Pine Jack Pine Balsam Fir White Cedar White Ash Basswood
Tamarack Eastern Hemlock Aspen Beech Red Oak White Oak Yellow Birch Black Birch Sugar Maple
Southern Region
Loblolly Pine Longleaf Pine Shortleaf Pine Slash Pine Bald Cypress Sweet Gum Black Gum Hickory
Southern Red Oak White Oak Pin Oak Live Oak Willow Yellow Poplar Cottonwood White Ash
How many US Forest Regions are in NC?
North Carolina’s Forest Regions
There are two Forest Regions Notice that many of the trees in the that
grow in the mountains are not the same as those grown in the Piedmont and at the coast
What factors determine what tree species grow in a US Forestry Region?
Climate Altitude Soil Type