Forestry Regions in the United States

Environment and Natural Resources I

Objective 28.01

US Forestry Regions

West Coast Western Central Tropical Northern Southern

US Forestry Regions

Hawaii and Alaska have their own four regions Coast Interior West Dry

West Coast

Pacific Ocean Central California Canadian Border

Western

Mountainous regions Southwestern Texas

to Wyoming Central Washington Northern California

Central

New York State to northern Georgia

West to Texas North to Minnesota

Tropical

Southern tips Florida Texas

Northern

From Maine south along the mountains to Georgia

Northern Michigan Northern Minnesota

Southern

Coast of Virginia to eastern Texas

North to Missouri

West Coast Tree Species

Douglas Fir Coast Redwood Western Red Cedar Sitka Spruce Sugar Pine Lodgepole Pine Incense Cedar Port Oxford Cedar

White Fir Red Aider Bigleaf Maple

Western Region

Ponderosa Pine Idaho White Pine Sugar Pine Douglas Fir Enelmann Spruce

Western Larch White Fir Incense Cedar Lodgepole Pine Western Red Cedar Aspen

Central

Shortleaf Pine Virginia Pine Red Oak White Oak Hickory Elm White Ash

Black Walnut Sycamore Cottonwood Yellow Poplar Black Gum Red Maple Sweet Gum

Tropical

Mahogany Bay Tree Mangrove

Northern Region

Eastern White Pine Red Spruce Black Spruce White Spruce Norway Pine Jack Pine Balsam Fir White Cedar White Ash Basswood

Tamarack Eastern Hemlock Aspen Beech Red Oak White Oak Yellow Birch Black Birch Sugar Maple

Southern Region

Loblolly Pine Longleaf Pine Shortleaf Pine Slash Pine Bald Cypress Sweet Gum Black Gum Hickory

Southern Red Oak White Oak Pin Oak Live Oak Willow Yellow Poplar Cottonwood White Ash

How many US Forest Regions are in NC?

North Carolina’s Forest Regions

There are two Forest Regions Notice that many of the trees in the that

grow in the mountains are not the same as those grown in the Piedmont and at the coast

What factors determine what tree species grow in a US Forestry Region?

Climate Altitude Soil Type