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Appalachian bogs

Index Appalachian bogs

Appalachian bogs are boreal or hemiboreal ecosystems, which occur in many places in the Appalachian Mountains, particularly the Allegheny and Blue Ridge subranges. [1]

44 relations: Allegheny Mountains, Appalachia, Appalachian balds, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian temperate rainforest, Blue Ridge Mountains, Bog, Boreal ecosystem, Cove (Appalachian Mountains), Cranberry, Cranberry Glades, Cranesville Swamp Preserve, Dolly Sods Wilderness, East Tennessee, Fen, Garrett County, Maryland, Granite, Hemiboreal, Holston Mountain, Iron Mountains, Meadow, National Wilderness Preservation System, North Carolina, North Fork Mountain, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Outcrop, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Pleistocene, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Preston County, West Virginia, Randolph County, West Virginia, Refugium (population biology), Restoration ecology, Shady Valley, Tennessee, South Carolina, Southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest, Tamarack Swamp, Tannersville Cranberry Bog, The Nature Conservancy, Tucker County, West Virginia, United States, West Branch Susquehanna Valley, West Virginia, Western North Carolina.

Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range, informally the Alleghenies and also spelled Alleghany and Allegany, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less technologically advanced eras.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.

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Appalachian balds

In the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, balds are mountain summits or crests covered primarily by thick vegetation of native grasses or shrubs occurring in areas where heavy forest growth would be expected.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

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Appalachian temperate rainforest

The Appalachian temperate rainforest is located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern U.S. About 351,500 square kilometers (135,000 square miles) of forest land is spread across southwestern Virginia, western North Carolina, northern Georgia, and eastern Tennessee.

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Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range.

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Bog

A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss.

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Boreal ecosystem

A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate in the Northern Hemisphere, roughly between latitude 50° to 70°N.

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Cove (Appalachian Mountains)

In the central and southern Appalachian Mountains of Eastern North America, a cove is a small valley between two ridge lines that is closed at one or both ends.

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Cranberry

Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.

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Cranberry Glades

Cranberry Glades — also known simply as The Glades — are a cluster of five small, boreal-type bogs in southwestern Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

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Cranesville Swamp Preserve

Cranesville Swamp Preserve is a preserve situated in Preston County, West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland.

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Dolly Sods Wilderness

The Dolly Sods Wilderness — originally simply Dolly Sods — is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA, and is part of the Monongahela National Forest (MNF) of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

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East Tennessee

East Tennessee comprises approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law.

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Fen

A fen is one of the main types of wetland, the others being grassy marshes, forested swamps, and peaty bogs.

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Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County (gərɛt) is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Hemiboreal

Hemiboreal means halfway between the temperate and subarctic (or boreal) zones.

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Holston Mountain

Holston Mountain is a mountain ridge in Upper East Tennessee and southwest Virginia, in the United States.

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Iron Mountains

The Iron Mountains are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Meadow

A meadow is a field habitat vegetated by grass and other non-woody plants (grassland).

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National Wilderness Preservation System

The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) of the United States protects federally managed wilderness areas designated for preservation in their natural condition.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Fork Mountain

North Fork Mountain is a quartzite-capped mountain ridge in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Allegheny Mountains (or "High Alleghenies" or "Potomac Highlands") of eastern West Virginia, USA.

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Northeastern Pennsylvania

Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbondale.

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Outcrop

An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth.

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Pendleton County, West Virginia

Pendleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Pocahontas County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Preston County, West Virginia

Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Randolph County, West Virginia

Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Refugium (population biology)

In biology, a refugium (plural: refugia) is a location which supports an isolated or relict population of a once more widespread species.

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Restoration ecology

Restoration ecology is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action.

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Shady Valley, Tennessee

Shady Valley is an unincorporated community in Johnson County in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest

The southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest is an ecoregion of the temperate coniferous forests biome, a type of montane coniferous forest that grows in the highest elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.

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Tamarack Swamp

Tamarack Swamp is a boreal (non-glacial) bog in Sproul State Forest, in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Tannersville Cranberry Bog

The Tannersville Cranberry Bog or Cranberry Swamp, is a sphagnum bog on the Cranberry Creek in Tannersville, Pennsylvania.

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The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a charitable environmental organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.

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Tucker County, West Virginia

Tucker County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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West Branch Susquehanna Valley

The West Branch Susquehanna Valley of central Pennsylvania, United States, in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, is the low-lying area draining into the West Branch Susquehanna River southeast of the Allegheny Front, northeast of the Bald Eagle Valley, southwest of the Wyoming Valley and north of the water gap formed between Shamokin Mountain and Montour Ridge.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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Western North Carolina

Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, thus it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_bogs

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