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West Tennessee sits on top of an artesian aquifer. This aquifer is the main source of water for Memphis and Shelby County, as well as many other communities. In the Memphis area and areas along the bluffs, the loess and gravel serves as a cap over the sand making up the aquifer. The rest of West Tennessee serves as a recharge area for the aquifer.
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, circa 2000 [1] In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
The Tennessee Native Plant Society (TNPS), founded 1977, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Nashville for preservation and education about the native flora of Tennessee including the Great Smoky Mountains. [2] TNPS supports the Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas, an online database of plant distribution records, maps, and images.
There are 15 state forests in the U.S. state of Tennessee. [1] Tennessee state forests. Name (by alphabetical order) Location (of main entrance) Bledsoe State Forest:
The culture of the area is that of southern Appalachia, and previously the Cherokee people. Tourism is key to the area's economy, particularly in cities like Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, [89] and Cherokee. In 2006, the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center opened in Townsend with the mission of preserving various aspects of the region's culture. [90]
The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council has identified the following invasive plants in Tennessee. The plants are all widely established across the state and have been reported in more than 10 counties.
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The three regions are geographically and culturally distinct. [9] East Tennessee's landscape is dominated by the Appalachian mountain chain, including the Great Smoky Mountains on the eastern border of the state, the ridge-and-valley region where East Tennessee's principal cities (Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities) are located, and the rugged Cumberland Mountains.