Forestry Regions in the United States

1. Forestry Regions in the United States Environment and Natural Resources I Objective 28.01

2. US Forestry Regions • West Coast • Western • Central • Tropical • Northern • Southern

3. US Forestry Regions • Hawaii and Alaska have their own four regions • Coast • Interior • West • Dry

4. West Coast • Pacific Ocean • Central California • Canadian Border

5. Western • Mountainous regions • Southwestern Texas to Wyoming • Central Washington • Northern California

6. Central • New York State to northern Georgia • West to Texas • North to Minnesota

7. Tropical • Southern tips • Florida • Texas

8. Northern • From Maine south along the mountains to Georgia • Northern Michigan • Northern Minnesota

9. Southern • Coast of Virginia to eastern Texas • North to Missouri

10. Douglas Fir Coast Redwood Western Red Cedar Sitka Spruce Sugar Pine Lodgepole Pine Incense Cedar Port Oxford Cedar White Fir Red Aider Bigleaf Maple West Coast Tree Species

11. Ponderosa Pine Idaho White Pine Sugar Pine Douglas Fir Enelmann Spruce Western Larch White Fir Incense Cedar Lodgepole Pine Western Red Cedar Aspen Western Region

12. Shortleaf Pine Virginia Pine Red Oak White Oak Hickory Elm White Ash Black Walnut Sycamore Cottonwood Yellow Poplar Black Gum Red Maple Sweet Gum Central

13. Tropical • Mahogany • Bay Tree • Mangrove

14. 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 Northern Region

15. 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 Southern Region

16. How many US Forest Regions are in NC?

17. 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

18. What factors determine what tree species grow in a US Forestry Region? • Climate • Altitude • Soil Type