Description: A map from 1911 of the United States (from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry) showing the forest regions. The map is coded to show the areas of the Pacific Coast Forest, Rocky Mountain Forest, Central Hardwood Forest, Northern Forest, Southern Forest, and the Tropical Forest of southern Florida. The unshaded areas are treeless except along the streams (Riparian Forest).
Place Names: Forestry, coastal forest, hardwood forest, northern forest, southern forest, tropical fores
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
biota,
location,
oceans,
inlandWaters
Keywords: Forest Regions of the United States, physical, political, statistical, physical features, major political subdivisions, vegetation, boundaries,
biota,
location,
oceans,
inlandWaters, Unknown, 1911
Source: Isaiah Bowman, Ph. D., Forest Physiography (New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1911) 124
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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