Will, Thank you for this information. I was such a hard time finding information online. But using the terms glade and coastal plain instead of meadow for searches has been very helpful. I also discovered that if I approach searches from the animal point of view as opposed to the plant, there is more information. Especially research about birds and butterflies.
Being most familiar with the eastern seaboard, it can be hard for me to know which habitats are natural. And then to determine this in NYC parklands...ugh. Thanks again, Jenny On May 1, 8:21 am, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny > > There is a crescent shaped region called the black belt or blackland > prairies stretching across GA, Al, and Miss. This area of rich black > soils has since been heavily farmed, but supposedly it was originally > scattered woodlands and open grassland savannas. This area developed > over limestone and has deep sweet black soils. There are also areas up > in the region around NW GA, NE AL and Central TN where thin soils > over limestone have resulted in extensive grasslands and shrublands > known as glades. > > The Coastal plains in the deep south used to have grass savannas that > were maintained through frequent fire, but since fire control, most > have reverted back to pine. > > On Apr 30, 11:50 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ENTS, > > > I'm curious about the history of meadows/grassland in the eastern US. > > I know on mountain summits and by the coast the nature of the soil and > > weather keep vegetation low to the ground, but do they ever occur in > > other areas that are not disturbed in some way? Would they all become > > forests if left alone? > > > Thanks, Jenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
