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I associate different parts of the South with different kinds of forest. The mostly evergreen pine belt stretching from East Texas to the South Carolina coast is quite different from the mostly broad-leaf deciduous forests of Tennessee and Kentucky, while the Mangrove swamps of Southern Florida are quite different from the Post Oak belt in central Texas, which itself is quite different from the nearby Cedar, Mesquite, and Scrub Oak woods of the Texas hill country. Then there's the Appalachians, which have their own unique blend of evergreens and broad-leaf forests. The Ozarks are their own thing. Even the swamplands of Southern Louisiana have their own unique forests of Bald Cypress and Live Oaks.
Most of the South is forested. Some areas are more densely forested than others, but yes. Overall I do associate the South with forests. Whether or not the Southern forests are more appealing or attractive than Northern or Western forests is entirely subjective.
I associate the south with hot weather, rednecks, and Florida.
I've been to Schenectady. I'm not sure how you can look down on anyone.
Back to the OP. I've heard that, prior to the Europeans, a squirrel could have leapt from tree to tree from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and never touched ground, whether in the North or the South.
The original Longleaf pine forests that existed in the Deep South when the settlers arrived looked very different from the forests you see today. Native Americans used to allow fires to burn through the forest which kept it looking very park like, and made hunting easier. Longleaf pines thrived since they are very fire resistant. Much of this ecosystem came to a halt when the European settlers cut down all of the trees and stopped the fires from burning.
This is what the original forests looked like...
Very different from the Loblolly pine plantations planted all over by the paper companies. Lack of fire has also allowed Asian exotic shrubs, vines, and trees to grow out of control, creating dense thickets you can't even walk through.
States i least associate with forests:
Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota
I live in New Mexico, and yes it is not generally speaking, a forested State. but a not insignificant area of the state, 20% of its area is covered in forest.
In fact, approximately 63,000 sq. km of New Mexico is forested. or an area approximately 25% greater than the entire area of the Netherlands.
Of Georgia’s 37 million acres of land area, 24.8 million acres (two thirds) is forest land. Of this 24.8 million acres, 24.4 million acres is timberland available for commercial use - more than any other state in the nation
Note that the underlined figure is forest available for timbering, not overall forested land. New York State is also nearly 2/3 forest cover at 19 out of 30 million acres.
I would wager to say the New England states are even more forested as a percentage of their total land area.
Note that the underlined figure is forest available for timbering, not overall forested land. New York State is also nearly 2/3 forest cover at 19 out of 30 million acres.
I would wager to say the New England states are even more forested as a percentage of their total land area.
Note that the underlined figure is forest available for timbering, not overall forested land. New York State is also nearly 2/3 forest cover at 19 out of 30 million acres.
I would wager to say the New England states are even more forested as a percentage of their total land area.
No one asked if it was protected forests, as if there is a difference. Just if it is thought of as forested. After spending some time here, I think of the South more as forests than the Northeast. Surprising, even to me.
No one asked if it was protected forests, as if there is a difference. Just if it is thought of as forested. After spending some time here, I think of the South more as forests than the Northeast. Surprising, even to me.
where'd you live in the Northeast?
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