The Northern Hardwood Forest National Parks

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.

The northern hardwood forest national parks. The forest contains a small slice of true boreal forest and a mixed conifer hardwood forest known as the north woods a transition province between the northern boreal forest and deciduous forests to the south conifers include several varieties of pine fir and spruce trees principal deciduous species are mountain ash maple aspen oak and paper birch are also common. 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. Located in central south carolina the park protects part of the middle atlantic coastal forests ecoregion. 1 although some of the classified units are better supported by plot data than others.

This forest type produces the most brilliant fall color. The northern forest has 30 000 acres stretching 30 miles across sheboygan fond du lac and washington counties. The park s northern hardwood forests resemble the forests that grow throughout much of new england new york pennsylvania and southern ontario. Vermont lies within a biological transition zone between the northern boreal forests to the southern deciduous forests.

The northern hardwood forest is indigenous to several well known parks and national forests including the boundary waters region of minnesota new york s adirondack park the white mountain national forest in new hampshire the green mountain national forest in vermont baxter state park and acadia national park in maine and fundy national. For both forests a state park sticker is required. It s open until 11 p m. The forests of vermont are as diverse as the landowners that care for them.

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. To date 79 plots of this group have been sampled in 18 counties fig. 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.