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The Eastern Temperate Forests of North America are a vast and diverse region. Stretching inland from the Atlantic coast about 385 miles (620 km), they reach from Michigan in the north and Texas in the south; they cover the land of New England to Florida, Alabama to Michigan, and Missouri to the Appalachian Mountains.
This area is mostly temperate deciduous forest, dominated by trees including maple, beech and oak. Unlike forests further to the north, southern tree species such as hickory also occur (see Bitternut hickory and Shagbark hickory). Many other plant and animal species reach their northern limits in this ecoregion. A few more examples follow.
The Carolinian forest refers to a life zone in eastern North America characterized primarily by the predominance of deciduous (broad-leaf) forest. [1] The term "Carolinian", which is most commonly used in Canada, refers to the deciduous forests which span across much of the eastern United States from North Carolina northward into southern Ontario, Canada.
Temperate deciduous forest canopy gaps and vegetation strata Temperate deciduous forests are characterized by a variety of temperate deciduous tree species that vary based on region. [ 6 ] Most tree species present in temperate deciduous forests are broadleaf trees that lose their leaves in the fall, [ 8 ] though some coniferous trees such as ...
Eastern amberwing; Eastern box turtle; Eastern carpenter bee; Eastern chipmunk; Eastern cougar; Eastern coyote; Eastern elk; Eastern fence lizard; Eastern hognose snake; Eastern indigo snake; Eastern milk snake; Eastern racer; Eastern small-footed myotis; Eastern woodrat; Elegant spreadwing; Enallagma dubium; Enallagma recurvatum; Epeorus ...
This is a list of terrestrial ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial , freshwater , and marine ecoregions . The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth's land surface into 8 biogeographic realms , containing 867 smaller ecoregions.
The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests, presently known as East Deccan moist deciduous forests, [2] is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in east-central India. The ecoregion covers an area of 341,100 square kilometers (131,700 sq mi), extending across portions of Andhra Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand ...
Pages in category "Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .