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The southern US by far has the largest forests in the country, yet I rarely hear people say "I love the South, there are so many trees there" or "The South is so lush and green". Aside from valleys and areas cleared for agriculture and cities the region from eastern Texas to the Atlantic and the Ohio to the Gulf is pretty much solid forest.
The southern US by far has the largest forests in the country, yet I rarely hear people say "I love the South, there are so many trees there" or "The South is so lush and green". Aside from valleys and areas cleared for agriculture and cities the region from eastern Texas to the Atlantic and the Ohio to the Gulf is pretty much solid forest.
Metro Atlanta is the most heavily forested major population center in the nation, and the city is famous as "the city in a forest." That's pretty wildly acknowledged, promoted and discussed, even here on City-Data.
Another interesting fact: The amount of forest acreage in the South today is twice what it was at the time of the Civil War, due to more efficient agriculture methods as well as the growth in the value of the timber industry. For evidence of this, just look at old photos from the Civil War era when the land is cleared as far as the eye can see. Much of the South that was deforested for cotton cultivation and other reasons has grown back fuller than it was before.
No. The Northeast heavily forested too. I associate everything east, south, or in the Appalachians with with forests.
I imagine a lot of the Midwest and West are forested too, but I don't know those regions well.
The southern US by far has the largest forests in the country, yet I rarely hear people say "I love the South, there are so many trees there" or "The South is so lush and green". Aside from valleys and areas cleared for agriculture and cities the region from eastern Texas to the Atlantic and the Ohio to the Gulf is pretty much solid forest.
The Memphis area is known for tall hardwood trees.
Middle TN has beautiful rolling green hills.
There are 14 million acres of forest in TN (52 percent of the state).
I regularly meet with people visiting TN from the Midwest and northeast, and their first comment is ALWAYS about how green it is here.
I associate the entire East from the Ohio River Valley (and points south) to the coast, Maine down to Florida with forests.
The upper Midwest, East Texas, the Pacific NW have some grand forests as well, but for sheer immensity, the eastern quarter of the country is for all intents and purposes one huge forest with small farms, towns and cities carved out of it and at risk of being swallowed up by it.
I think of loblolly pines, live oak, or swamp cypress when I think deep south, which doesn't really translate into 'forest' for me.
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