Photos of this habitat 1 2 3 4 5
Ridge

American chestnut (Castanea dentata) (left foreground, dead) was once the most important tree of dry forests in the Appalachian region.

 

home--families--genera--forest regions--species quiz
central hardwoods, appalachian section south-facing ridge ridge understory understory thin-soiled glade and bedrock cliff north-facing slope streambank ridge thin-soiled glade and bedrock cliff north-facing slope bottomland terrace floodplain streambank bottomland terrace south-facing slope thin-soiled glade and bedrock cliff south-facing ridge