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Coastal plain blackwater bottomland hardwood forest community (1): In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 17; Figure 15 shows a coastal plain blackwater bottomland hardwood forest community about 100 yards back from the river. This community has a variety of small trees growing under the canopy trees of oak, maple, sweet gum, and pine. If you look closely at the forest...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Transition to northern hardwood forest: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 6; At elevations above the chestnut oak forest — but not necessarily above variants of the rich cove forests — the Blue Ridge supports forests of hardwoods more commonly found in the the northern reaches of the United States and in Canada. In the...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Forests on the highland plateaus: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 9; The upper slopes of the Blue Ridge support forests similar to those found at lower elevations much further north. Figure 6 shows one of these that are dominated by the Canadian hemlock and many other species, including the beeches and birches that characterize...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

A varied canopy: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 7; The multiplicity of species in the northern hardwood forest is more easily seen in Figure 6, which is a view looking down on the forest canopy near the top of Tanback Ridge, at about 4500 feet. The trees that make up this mosaic of colors — and the more...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway: A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that explores the great diversity of forests in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Forest floor: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 12; Figure 11 shows the condition of the forest floor two months after a controlled burn in an area which had more hardwood fuel than those illustrated in Figures 9 and 10. Note the large number of burned stems and their dense coverage of areas to the right and...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Northern hardwood community: In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 15; Figure 13 shows a view of the northern hardwoods forest type that dominates the flanks of the Roan Highlands. As its name suggests, this is a forest type of mixed composition. The major tree species are the three Bs — beech, birch, and buckeye —...; By Jennifer Godwin-Wyer and Dirk Frankenberg.

Coastal plain blackwater bottomland hardwood forest community (2): In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 18; Figure 16 show a view of the White Oak where it is usually nothing but a creek-sized stream about 25 feet across and a few inches deep. As you can see, the floodwaters of Hurricane Floyd continue to keep it out of its banks almost two months later. The are...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Spruce-fir forest: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 13; The spruce-fir forest of the high Blue Ridge is not continuous as are the northern examples of this forest type. As is seen in Figure 11 and again in Figure 12, there are places where the conifers dominate, but in slightly different habitats nearby, the northern...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

From northern hardwood to spruce-fir forest: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 12; The highest elevations of the Blue Ridge are occupied by an evergreen forest of spruce and fir that looks like the great conifer forests of northern Maine and Canada. The transition from northern hardwoods to spruce fir forest is easy to see from a distance...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Bottomland hardwood forest inland from the swamp forest: Format: image/photograph

Cypress-gum swamp community: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 13; When we talk about cypress-gum swamps, we talk mostly about the two dominant trees because often they make up almost all of the plants that live in the community. Most commonly the understory and herb layers of this community are poorly developed because of...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Mature spruce-fir forest: In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 12; Figure 10 shows a fully developed spruce-fir forest on the flanks of Roan High Knob. The road is the access to the Forest Service Fee area at Rhododendron Gardens and the site of the Cloudland Hotel which once stood on the North Carolina-Tennessee state line...; By Jennifer Godwin-Wyer and Dirk Frankenberg.

Chestnut oak forest: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 3; Most of the hardwood forests throughout the Piedmont and lower elevations of the Blue Ridge Mountains are classified by ecologists as part of the large and complex Eastern Deciduous Forest biome. This biome covers roughly the eastern third of the United States...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Coastal plain bottomland forest: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 8; Figure 6 illustrates a fine river to tour: the Northwest Cape Fear, as it appears in Pender County. The wetland type we see on the far bank is a coastal plain bottomland hardwood community. These communities develop on irregularly flooded habitats along rivers....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Transition to Northern Hardwood Forest: Format: image/photograph

Northern Hardwood Community: Format: image/photograph

Fire and hardwoods: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 7; Figure 6 shows the lethal effect of a recent growing season burn on the hardwoods that were invading this pine forest. The leaves are clearly dead, but the stems may still recover from the relatively cool fire that was allowed to run through this area. This...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Grassy bald with spruce and rhododendron: In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 10; Figure 8 shows the grassy bald at the crest of the Roan with spruce-fir forest and rhododendron. Figure 8 also signals a change in this fieldtrip's focus from geology to ecology. The grassy bald mystery deepens with views like the one shown here. The bald...; By Jennifer Godwin-Wyer and Dirk Frankenberg.

Roan massif: In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 3; We begin the fieldtrip during our approach to the Roan massif as shown in Figure 1. Geologists call an elevated mass of the earth's surface a massif if it is large and has several separate peaks along its crest. The Roan Mountain highlands meet...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.

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