Bottomland hardwood forest

The Bottomland hardwood forest is a type of deciduous hardwood forest found in US broad lowland floodplains along large rivers and lakes.^[1] They are occasionally flooded, which builds up the alluvial soils required for the gum, oak and bald cypress trees that typically grow in this type of biome.^[2] The trees often develop unique characteristics to allow submergence, including cypress knees and fluted trunks, but can not survive continuous flooding.^[3]

Typical examples of this forest type are found throughout Gulf coast states, and along the Mississippi River in the United States. It is estimated there were 24,000,000 acres (97,000 km²) in the region before foresting and farming reduced it to approximately 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km²) today.^[4]

References

↑ "Bottomland Hardwood Forest" (PDF). Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
↑ "Bottomland Hardwoods". School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
↑ "Wetlands: Bottomland Hardwoods". Environmental Protection Agency. October 21, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
↑ "Bottomland Hardwood Forests: An Imperiled National Treasure". The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2009-04-25.

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