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Tennessee: Tulip-tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1947 [53] Texas: Pecan: Carya illinoinensis: 1919 [54] United States Virgin Islands: None [55] Utah: Quaking aspen: Populus tremuloides: 2014 [56] Vermont: Sugar maple: Acer saccharum: 1949 [57] [58] Virginia: Flowering dogwood: Cornus florida: 1956 [59] Washington: Western hemlock: Tsuga ...
Most of the mountain's commercial timber was removed by the various logging operations that occurred on the mountain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hemlock, magnolia, sourwood, tulip trees, and silverbell trees are among the most common tree types encountered along the Meigs Mountain Trail. [2]
[4] Large trees measured for possible inclusion as Tennessee Champion Trees included a 27-inch-diameter (690 mm) black cherry, a 46-inch southern red oak, a 62-inch shumard oak, and 9-inch pawpaw. A total of 332 flowering plant species were recorded in 85 families; three-quarters of the species were native. [5]
Name (by alphabetical order) Location (of main entrance) Bledsoe State Forest: Bledsoe County: Cedars Of Lebanon State Forest: Wilson County: Chickasaw State Forest
Significant natural areas in the ecoregion include: Wolf River (Tennessee), the Cedar glades and the western Highland Rim of Tennessee; Mammoth Cave National Park; the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area of Tennessee and Kentucky; Hoosier National Forest and Yellowwood State Forest in southern Indiana; the Edge of Appalachia ...
This category contains the native flora of Tennessee as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
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.
Nearly three–fourths of the state is in the Central Time Zone, with most of East Tennessee on Eastern Time. [181] The Tennessee River forms most of the division between Middle and West Tennessee. [179] Tennessee's eastern boundary roughly follows the highest crests of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Mississippi River forms its western ...