Southern Appalachian low-elevation pine forest

Description

The Southern Appalachian low-elevation pine forest is a forest system that occurs in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. It is found in the lower elevations of the southern Appalachian Mountains and adjacent Piedmont and Cumberland Plateau, extending into part of the Interior Low Plateaus. Pine Mountain is a great example of this forest type, as well as Sweat Mountain in the northern part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Both of these mountain ridges are dominated by Pinus virginiana