Forest near Greentown, Pennsylvania in autumn.
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Allegheny Highlands forests (WWF
ecoregion NA0401)
Forest near Greentown, Pennsylvania in autumn.
Source of bioregions data:
Olson, D. M. and
E. Dinerstein. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF
file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.
Distinctiveness (1=highest,4=lowest): 4
(nationally important)
The forests contain a mixture of northern and southern species. The
ecoregion also has a unique pine barren community in the Pocono Mountains.*
Conservation Status (1=most endangered, 5=most
intact): 2 (endangered)
Nearly all of the original forests have been logged with only 1% intact.
However, some logged areas have been reforested. The original
hemlock-beech and white pine forests have been mostly replaced by hardwoods.*
Tsuga canadensis
(eastern hemlock)
Fagus grandifolia
(American beech)
Acer saccharum
(sugar maple)
Acer
rubrum (red maple)
Picea glauca
(white spruce)
Picea mariana (black spruce)
(c) 2004 Maurice J. Kaufmann
Fraxinus americana
(white ash)
Prunus serotina
(black cherry)
Pinus
strobus
Some views from the ecoregion
Mixed forest, eastern Pennsylvania
(left 4 images) near Blooming Grove, Pennsylvania, (right 2
images) near Greentown, Pennsylvania
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* Ricketts, T.H., E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, et al. (1999) Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment. World Wildlife Fund - United States and Canada. Island Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 258-260.
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