Forestry Regions in the United
States
Environment and Natural
Resources I
Objective 28.01
US Forestry Regions
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West Coast
Western
Central
Tropical
Northern
Southern
US Forestry Regions
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Hawaii and Alaska have their own four
regions
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Coast
Interior
West
Dry
West Coast
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Pacific Ocean
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Central California
Canadian Border
Western
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Mountainous regions
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Southwestern Texas to
Wyoming
Central Washington
Northern California
Central
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New York State to
northern Georgia
West to Texas
North to Minnesota
Tropical
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Southern tips
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Florida
Texas
Northern
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From Maine south
along the mountains
to Georgia
Northern Michigan
Northern Minnesota
Southern
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Coast of Virginia to
eastern Texas
North to Missouri
West Coast Tree Species
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Douglas Fir
Coast Redwood
Western Red Cedar
Sitka Spruce
Sugar Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Incense Cedar
Port Oxford Cedar
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White Fir
Red Aider
Bigleaf Maple
Western Region
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Ponderosa Pine
Idaho White Pine
Sugar Pine
Douglas Fir
Enelmann Spruce
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Western Larch
White Fir
Incense Cedar
Lodgepole Pine
Western Red Cedar
Aspen
Central
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Shortleaf Pine
Virginia Pine
Red Oak
White Oak
Hickory
Elm
White Ash
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Black Walnut
Sycamore
Cottonwood
Yellow Poplar
Black Gum
Red Maple
Sweet Gum
Tropical
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Mahogany
Bay Tree
Mangrove
Northern Region
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Eastern White Pine
Red Spruce
Black Spruce
White Spruce
Norway Pine
Jack Pine
Balsam Fir
White Cedar
White Ash
Basswood
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Tamarack
Eastern Hemlock
Aspen
Beech
Red Oak
White Oak
Yellow Birch
Black Birch
Sugar Maple
Southern Region
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Loblolly Pine
Longleaf Pine
Shortleaf Pine
Slash Pine
Bald Cypress
Sweet Gum
Black Gum
Hickory
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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
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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?
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Climate
Altitude
Soil Type