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x West central Upper Peninsula of Michigan   Northern hardwood forest concept      
Spruce bog concept
Temperate coniferous forests
Aspen forest
Northern white cedar swamp
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x Hofmann Forest   Pocosin      
x Iowa Iowa.png      
Iowa ( /ˈaɪəwə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that...
x Wyoming Wyoming.png      
Wyoming ( /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ (help·info)) is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high...
x Earth A color image of Earth, as seen from Apollo 17      
Earth (or the Earth) is the third planet from the Sun, and the fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest, most massive, and densest of the Solar System's four terrestrial (or rocky) planets. It is sometimes...
x Mississippi Mississippi.png      
Mississippi ( /ˌmɪsɨˈsɪpi/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name...
x North America North America satellite orthographic      
North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the...
x Balsam Mountain   Spruce-fir forest    
Balsam Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Balsam Mtn. is flanked to the northwest by Belle Ayr Mountain, and to the southwest by Haynes Mountain. The eastern slopes of Balsam...
x Balsam Gap Balsam Gap Spruce-fir forest    
Balsam Gap (el. 3400 ft.) is a gap (also known as a pass) between Plott Balsam Range to the Northwest and the Great Balsam Mountains to the Southeast on the county line dividing Haywood and Jackson counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The...
x Cold Mountain Cold Mountain Northern hardwood forest concept    
Cold Mountain is in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. Cold Mountain is located within the...
x Sosebee Cove   Cove forest    
Sosebee Cove is a 175-acre (0.71 km²) high-elevation, north-facing, cove forest found in the Chattahoochee National Forest. The trail through the cove is dedicated to Arthur Woody, who negotiated the Cove's purchase for the United States Forestry...
x Bird Conservation Region 1          
x Rogers Creek Waterfowl Unit          
x Bird Conservation Region 2          
x Bird Conservation Region 3          
x Intermountain West        
The Intermountain West is a region of North America lying between the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Cascades and Sierra Nevada to the west. It is also called the Intermountain Region. Many of the Intermountain Region's mountains' streams and...
x Bird Conservation Region 4          
x Bird Conservation Region 5          
x Bird Conservation Region 9          
x Bird Conservation Region 10          
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x Bird Conservation Region 18          
x Southern Appalachian Mountains          
x Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains, Caroline du Nord      
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between...
x North Carolina North Carolina.png     Northern Hardwood Forest
North Carolina ( /ˌnɔrθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ (help·info)) is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North...
x Bird Conservation Region 28        
Included in this area are the Blue Ridge, the Ridge and Valley Region, the Cumberland Plateau, the Ohio Hills, and the Allegheny Plateau. The rugged terrain is generally dominated by oak-hickory and other deciduous...
x Appalachian Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park      
The Appalachian Mountains ( ˌæpəˈleɪʃɨn (help·info) or /ˌæpəˈlætʃɨn/), often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians. The United States...
x Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area          
x Virginia Virginia.png     Spruce and Fir Forests
The Commonwealth of Virginia ( /vərˈdʒɪnjə/ ) is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S....
Appalachian (Hemlock)-Northern Hardwood Forest
x Plott Balsams none Plott Balsam Mountain (left) and Mount Lyn Lowry (right), viewed from Waterrock Knob      
The Plott Balsams are a mountain range in western North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The Plott Balsams stretch from the city of Sylva in the...
x Great Balsam Mountains Shining Rock from Black Balsam Knob      
The Great Balsam Mountains, or Balsam Mountains, are in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The Great Balsams are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which in turn are a part of the Appalachian Mountains. The most...
x Cherokee National Forest U.S. Highway 421 winds through Cherokee National Forest near Bristol, Tennessee      
Cherokee National Forest, created on July 19, 1936, by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, is a large National Forest operated by the U.S. Forest Service and encompassing some 640,000 acres (2,600 km²). The Cherokee National Forest headquarters are...
x Roan Mountain Location of Roan Mountain, Tennessee      
Roan Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City...
x Unaka Range Unaka-roan-high-bluff-nc1      
The Unaka Range is a mountain range on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. It is a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains physiographic province. The Unakas stretch...
x Blue Ridge Parkway BLRI_PISGAHVIEW375x180.jpg      
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. It runs for 469 miles (755 km), mostly along the famous Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian...
x Haywood County Map of North Carolina highlighting Haywood County      
Haywood County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is part of the Asheville, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 54,033. Its county seat and largest city is Waynesville. The county...
x Jackson County Map of North Carolina highlighting Jackson County      
Jackson County is a county located in the southwest of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 33,121. Since 1913 its county seat has been Sylva, replacing Webster. The county was formed in 1852 from parts of Haywood County...
x Big Bald Mountain          
x Tennessee Tennessee.png      
Tennessee ( /tɛnɨˈsiː/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,214,888, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers 42,169 square miles (109,220 km), making it the 36th...
x Mitchell County Map of North Carolina highlighting Mitchell County      
Mitchell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 15,687. Its county seat is Bakersville. Mitchell County was one of the three dry counties in North Carolina, along with Graham and Yancey, but in...
x Mount Guyot Appalachian-Trail-guyot2      
Mount Guyot is a mountain in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States. At 6,621 feet (2,018 m) above sea level, Guyot is the fourth-highest summit in the eastern U.S., and the second-highest in the Great Smoky...
x Whitetop Mountain Whitetop      
Whitetop Mountain is the second highest mountain in the U.S. state of Virginia, after nearby Mount Rogers. It is located in Grayson County. Whitetop was the location of the White Top Folk Festival from 1932 to 1939, with the exception of 1937. The...
x Allegheny Mountains Spruce Knob     Central Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forests
The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany and Allegany) — informally, the Alleghenies — is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada. It has a northeast-southwest orientation and runs for about...
x Stone Mountain          
x Pine Mountain        
Pine Mountain is a ridge in the Appalachian Mountains running through Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. It extends about 125 miles from near Jellico, Tennessee, to a location near Elkhorn City, Kentucky. The highest point is 3,273 feet above sea...
x Powell Mountain        
Powell Mountain (or "Powells Mountain") is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a long and narrow ridge, running northeast to southwest, from about Norton, Virginia to near Tazewell, Tennessee. It...
x Shenandoah Mountains none High Knob on Shenandoah Mountain      
Shenandoah Mountain is a mountain ridge, approximately 73 miles (117 km) long, that extends from northern Bath County, Virginia to southern Hardy County, West Virginia. Along the way, it defines the borders between Highland and Augusta Counties,...
x United States of America 800px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png      
The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America,...
x Cold Mountain Game Land          
x Monongahela National Forest Canada geese in Spruce Knob Lake      
The Monongahela National Forest (MNF) was established by the U.S. Congress in 1915 as the 7,200-acre (29 km) "Monongahela Purchase". It became a U.S. National Forest on April 28, 1920 and now encompasses 910,155 acres (3,683 km). It is located in...
x Grant County Map of West Virginia highlighting Grant County      
Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 11,299. Its county seat is Petersburg. Grant County was created from Hardy County in 1866 and named for General Ulysses Simpson Grant. After the...
x Mountains-to-Sea Trail Sunset view from Clingman's Dome, the Western terminus of the trail      
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is a long-distance trail that runs across North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks. The trail's western endpoint is at Clingman's Dome, where it connects to the Appalachian Trail in the Great...
x Bird Conservation Region 19          
x Bird Conservation Region 20          
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