All,
I just opened up the latest issue of Audubon magazine and there is a nice article on GLADES in Missouri! Pretty weird coincidence!? 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
