The name appar ently developed over the years from the idea that the vegetation of a relatively large area in east central united states was dominated by broadleaf deciduous hardwoods angiosperms.
Central hardwood forest region of the united states.
While other forests in the united states and canada.
The central hardwood region covers over 100 million acres and is one of the largest forest areas in the country.
States two canadian provinces the central hardwood forests cover a variety of habitats include trees adapted to a broad range of conditions.
This region receives less precipitation than the more coastal areas however so drought resistant oak hickory forests predominate here.
Like the ecoregions to the east broadleaf deciduous trees dominate the central u s.
Lucy braun alluded to the region in 1950.
Landscape and regional scale shifts in forest composition under climate change in the central hardwood region of the united states.
The region was designated by the world wide fund for nature wwf and is a fraction of what others consider the central hardwood forest of the central hardwood region which would include the northern hardwood forest to the north.
The concept of a central hardwood forest chf region was developed and used by foresters before e.
List of ecoregions in the united states epa the usepa uses the designation and assigns to it number 71.
Cited keywords abundance harvest succession demography landis pro u s.
Encompassing part or all of 28 eastern u s.
The region contains the large system of sandstone caves in mammoth cave national park.
Forest service inventory and analysis fia data related search.