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Birds of the Appalachian Mountains and Appalachia region of the Eastern United States. Pages in category "Birds of Appalachia (United States)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats. Although the state is at temperate latitudes, the Appalachian Mountains and the Gulf Stream influence climate and, hence, the vegetation (flora) and animals (fauna).
Dubious name for a species of tyrannosauroid from New Jersey, possibly a Dryptosaurus or a potentially new genus. Dryptosaurus: Upper Cretaceous: carnivore: Medium-sized tyrannosauroid from New Jersey. It was the first theropod unearthed in North America. Eotrachodon: Upper Cretaceous: herbivore: Hadrosaur from Alabama known from a nearly ...
The Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests are an ecoregion in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, in the Eastern United States. The ecoregion is located in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains , including the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains .
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Eastern cottontail. Sylvilagus floridanus: Common Statewide Appalachian cottontail: Sylvilagus obscurus: Uncommon Eastern mountains Snowshoe hare: Lepus americanus: Rare Appalachian Uplands European hare: Lepus europaeus: Common Introduced Northeastern area
The neighboring state of Kentucky actively reintroduced Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni) [30] to their eastern woodlands in 1997, and by 2009 the population had increased to over 10,000 animals. This expanding population began to enter western Virginia and the southwestern counties of West Virginia.
Appalachia (locally / ˌ æ p ə ˈ l æ tʃ ə /, also /-l eɪ tʃ ə,-l eɪ ʃ ə / [4]) is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.
The "Mountain State" harbors at least 56 species and subspecies of mammals. The state has more than 300 types of birds and more than 100 species of fish . Many common insects of the Eastern United States can be found in West Virginia; 15 species of beetles , more than 70 species of odonate , 12 species of stonefly , and about 17 moth species.