MLRA 136 - Southern Piedmont Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia 161,430 km2 (62,330 mi2)

Potential Natural Vegetation:
The uplands generally support hardwood and pine forest vegetation. Loblolly pine, slash pine, white oak, red oak, gum, yellow poplar, and sycamore are principal species; pine is dominant on eroded sites. Hardwoods or mixed stands of pine and hardwoods are on slightly eroded soils and stream flood plains. Dogwood, honeysuckle, pinehill bluestem, briars, and other grasses and forbs characterize the understory.

12/16/98