Central & Southern Appalachian Red Spruce - Fir - Hardwood Forest

Type:Group
Parent classification:Acadian-Northern Appalachian Forest
Scientific Name:Picea rubens - Abies fraseri - Betula alleghaniensis Forest Group
Location:United States (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina)
Description:These are upland spruce-fir and spruce-fir-hardwood forests of the central and southern Appalachian region, occuring in cool mesic settings at high elevations (often above 1370 m [4500 feet]) and dominated by Picea rubens and/or Abies fraseri.
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Child types

Name
Central Appalachian Red Spruce Forest
Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest

Species

Name
Adelges piceae (balsam woolly adelgid)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer