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Ridge

In addition to other oaks of the central hardwoods, two important oak species most at home in Appalachian forests are chestnut oak (Quercus prinoides) and scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea).

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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