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Hardwood from North American trees has a variety of commercial uses, including in furniture, carpentry, tools and musical instruments. Some timber is milled for plywood , wood veneer and construction framing , including structural support beams and studs .
The tree has a circumference at breast height (CBH) of 30 feet 11 inches (9.42 m), a height of 48 feet (15 m) and a limb spread of 126 feet (38 m). [4] It was recognized by the National Arborist Association in 1977. [1] The Alabama Forestry Commission recognized it as a famous and historic tree in 2003. [3]
The Alabama Champion Tree Program is a listing of the largest known specimens of particular tree species, native or introduced, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was established in 1970 by the Alabama Forestry Commission. [1] [2] The program was modeled on the National Register of Big Trees, started by the American Forests organization
It has an unusually diverse tree flora, with as many as 30 tree species at a single site including many relics of the ancient forest that once covered North America more widely. Along with the forest there is a rich undergrowth of ferns , fungi , herbaceous plants , shrubs and small trees as well as areas of glade , heath , shale , peat bog and ...
River floodplain hardwood, Dry-mesic oak forest, Seasonally wet oak-hardwood woodland [28] Georgia: Fernbank Forest: 65 acres (26 ha) Piedmont Hardwood Forest: Tulip Poplar – Oak – Hickory [citation needed] Georgia: Big Trees Forest Preserve 30 acres (12 ha) Piedmont Hardwood Forest: oak-hickory-pine forest [29] [full citation needed] Illinois
Mountain mahogany, bottle tree (Entandrophragma caudatumi) Indian mahogany, chickrassy, chittagong wood (Chukrasia velutina) Spanish Cedar, cedro, Brazilian mahogany (Cedrela odorata) Light bosse, pink mahogany (Guarea cedrata) Dark bosse, pink Mahogany (Guarea thompsonii) American muskwood (Guarea grandifolia)
Dean Schoeppner . Sweet Gum. Sweet gum is a native shade tree that has glossy green leaves with five lobes, similar to a sugar maple.Fall color can be quite dramatic, with a combination of yellows ...
In terms of biodiversity, the only comparable temperate deciduous forest regions in the world are in central China, Japan, and in the Caucasus Mountains.Both the Appalachians (along with the neighbouring Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion) and central China contain relict habitats of an ancient forest that was once widespread over the Northern Hemisphere.