Vegetation of the Carolinas

The Vegetation of the Carolinas website is a work in progress. We will post components as they become available.

Background

• Physical setting
• Geologic history and geomorphology
• Flora and botanical history
• Vegetation pattern

Mountain Vegetation

• Montane upland forests
• Montane open upland vegetation
• Montane alluvial wetland vegetation
• Montane nonalluvial wetland vegetation
  

Piedmont Vegetation

• Piedmont upland forests
• Piedmont open upland vegetation
• Piedmont alluvial wetland vegetation
• Piedmont nonalluvial wetland vegetation
  

Coastal Plain Vegetation

• Coastal Plain upland forests
• Coastal Plain upland open & woodland vegetation
• Coastal Plain alluvial wetland vegetation
• Coastal Plain nonalluvial wetland vegetation
  

Coastal Fringe Vegetation

• Maritime upland forests & shrublands
• Maritime open upland vegetation
• Maritime nontidal wetland vegetation
• Tidal wetland vegetation