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In terms of biodiversity, the only comparable temperate deciduous forest regions in the world are in central China, Japan, and in the Caucasus Mountains.Both the Appalachians (along with the neighbouring Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion) and central China contain relict habitats of an ancient forest that was once widespread over the Northern Hemisphere.
High elevation forests are immersed in clouds on 65% of growth-season days, leading some sources to describe the temperate rainforest as a cloud forest. [8] Water intercepted from clouds accounts for 25% to 50% of annual precipitation, which is a high rate.
It has an unusually diverse tree flora, with as many as 30 tree species at a single site including many relics of the ancient forest that once covered North America more widely. Along with the forest there is a rich undergrowth of ferns , fungi , herbaceous plants , shrubs and small trees as well as areas of glade , heath , shale , peat bog and ...
United States: District information; Type: Public Coed: Grades: PreK–12: President: Dale Schneman: Superintendent: Hillary Stanifer: Schools: Blue Ridge High School (9–12) Blue Ridge Intermediate Junior High School (4–8)
Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: Georgia: Nearctic: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests: Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: Maryland: Nearctic: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests: Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: New Jersey: Nearctic: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests: Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: New York: Nearctic: Temperate ...
The Unaka Mountains. The Unaka Range is a mountain range on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the southeastern United States.It is a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains physiographic province.
Blue Ridge High School is a high school in Farmer City, Illinois. It has 228 students, 21 faculty members, and 5 support staff. [ 2 ] The school is operated by Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 and serves the Farmer City , Mansfield , and Bellflower communities.
The Blue Ridge District only had four members starting in the 2007–2008 school year when William Fleming returned to Group AAA, but it grew to five members starting in the 2009–2010 school year when former member Staunton River returned from the AA Seminole District and to six members in the 2010–2011 school year when former member ...