The Northern Hardwood Forest National Parks

This forest type produces the most brilliant fall color.

The northern hardwood forest national parks.

The appalachian forest national heritage area afnha works to conserve enhance interpret and promote a regional network of forest heritage resources in the central appalachian highlands designated a national heritage area in 2019 afnha covers sixteen counties in west virginia barbour braxton grant greenbrier hampshire hardy mineral morgan nicholas pendleton preston pocahontas. The northern forest has 30 000 acres stretching 30 miles across sheboygan fond du lac and washington counties. The northern hardwood mix of beech birch and maple dominates vermont s forests accounting for 71 of the forest cover. The 26 276 acre congaree national park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the united states.

Eastern hemlock trees dominate stream sides and moist shady slopes up to 4 000 feet in elevation to form almost pure stands of the hemlock forest. It s open until 11 p m. To date 79 plots of this group have been sampled in 18 counties fig. The park s northern hardwood forests resemble the forests that grow throughout much of new england new york pennsylvania and southern ontario.

The forests of vermont are as diverse as the landowners that care for them. 1 although some of the classified units are better supported by plot data than others. Thousands of acres of northern hardwood conifer forests grow on well drained fertile slopes of hillsides in new hampshire typically between 1 500 and 2 500 feet in elevation here sugar maple american beech and yellow birch are the dominant tree species mixed with red maple white ash and patches of hemlock at lower elevations and red spruce and balsam fir at higher elevations. Located in central south carolina the park protects part of the middle atlantic coastal forests ecoregion.

Vermont lies within a biological transition zone between the northern boreal forests to the southern deciduous forests. Northern hardwood forests have been well sampled in virginia especially in the mount rogers whitetop area of the southern blue ridge and on allegheny mountain in highland county. For both forests a state park sticker is required.