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[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 ]
Location (of main entrance) Bledsoe State Forest: Bledsoe County: Cedars Of Lebanon State Forest: Wilson County: Chickasaw State Forest: Hardeman County: Chuck Swan State Forest: Union County: Franklin State Forest: Marion County: John Tully State Forest: Lauderdale County: Lewis State Forest: Lewis County: Lone Mountain State Forest: Morgan ...
Vaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, tall deerberry, highbush huckleberry, buckberry, and southern gooseberry, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family. [3] It is native to North America, including Ontario, the eastern and central United States, and parts of Mexico. [4] [5] It is most common in the southeastern United ...
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).
The Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia compiled a list of most invasive species across the United States. The following insects have been detected in ...
These forests are known for their rich diversity of plants and animals, which is due to several contributing factors, especially that the area was an unglaciated refugium for many species. It shares species with the high elevation Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests to the east, the hardwood forests to the west, and the mixed hardwood/ conifer ...
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.
On November 1, 1999, area code 865 was created for Knoxville and most of the central portion of East Tennessee. Permissive dialing of 423 continued across East Tennessee until April 22, 2000. [ 1 ] Relief planning discovered that the Tri-Cities had too much traffic to follow Knoxville into 865, but were not large enough for a new area code ...