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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
			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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