Service Forester's Handbook

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====== Site Guide for Piedmont and Cumberland Plateau ======
^Landscape Characteristics ^^Management Type ^|
^Landform ^Moisture Regime ^ Texture ^Preferred |
|Flood Plains, Steam Terraces, Fans, Coves | Wet |Fine |Sweetgum, W/W†, Oak/Ash |
|                                          |Moist |Medium |Oaks, Yellow Poplar, Hickories, Sycamore |

^Landscape Characteristics ^^^^Management Type‡ ^|
^Landform ^Past Erosion ^Moisture Regime ^Texture ^Preferred ^Suitable |
|Ridge Tops |Slight |Wet◊ |Fine to Medium |Hardwoods, Sweetgum, W/W Oak| Pine, Loblolly|
|           |       |Moist◊|Medium |Pine, Loblolly|Pine, Shortleaf|
|           |       |Dryθ |Coarse |Pine, Loblolly |Pine, Virginia|
|           |Severe |Moist◊|Medium |Pine, Loblolly|Pine Virginia |
|           |       |Dry & Droughty◊θ|Coarse to Skeletal|Pine Virginia|Pine Loblolly|

^Landscape Characters ^^^^^Management Type ^|
^Landform ^Aspect ^Slope Pos. ^Past Erosion ^Texture ^Preferred ^Suitable |
|Side Slopes(manageable areas exceeding 15-20% slope)|Northerly|Upper|Slight|All|Pine, Loblolly|Pine, Shortleaf|
|   |  |  |Severe|All|Pine, Loblolly| Pine, Virginia|
|   |  |Lower |Slight |Fine to Medium |Hardwoods, Oaks, Yellow Poplar, Ash, Hickories|Loblolly|
|   |  |      |Severe |Coarse |Hardwoods/Pine, Loblolly|--|
|   |Southerly |Upper |Slight |All |Pine, Loblolly| Pine, Virginia, Shortleaf|
|   |          |      |Severe |All |Pine Virginia |Pine, Loblolly|
|   |          |Lower |Slight |Fine to Medium |Pine, Shortleaf, Loblolly| Pine
|   |          |      |Severe |Coarse|Pine, Loblolly|Pine, Virginia|


† W/W Oak- Water/Willow Oak\\
‡ White Pine could also be suitable for ridges and side slopes of areas of the Cumberland Plateau\\
◊ Broad Ridges\\
θ Narrow Ridges\\

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