Tennessee Bottomland Hardwood Forests

These ecosystems are commonly found wherever streams or rivers at least occasionally cause flooding beyond their channel confines.

Tennessee bottomland hardwood forests.

The natural area is one of the largest contiguous tracts of mature bottomland hardwood forest and upland forest associated with the chickasaw bluff left in tennessee. A case study of bottomland hardwood management in west tennessee usa. The natural area protects approximately 216 acres of bottomland hardwood forest smaller areas of riparian forest and shrub and herbaceous plant dominated wetlands. 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.

In tennessee this ecosystem supports a unique forest community ofbald cypress water tupelo black gum and numerous species ofoak. They are found along rivers and streams of the southeast and south central united states generally in broad floodplains. Bottomland hardwood forest ecosystems bottomland hardwood forests located in tennessee s mississippi coastal plain are a prominent ecosystem in the southeast. Assessing forest management strategies amid biological and policy uncertainty.

The bottomland hardwood forest is a type of deciduous and evergreen hardwood forest found in us broad lowland floodplains along large rivers and lakes. The federal government passed a series of legislative acts that protected wetlands and provided monetary support for restoration. The dominant land forms of the lower mississippi river ecosystem. The trees often develop unique characteristics to allow submergence including cypress.

Bottomland hardwood forests are river swamps. Since the 1800s these forested wetlands have been logged and drained for agriculture. The wetlands reserve program wrp was established in 1990 with the. Scientists often consider a bottomland hardwood.

Restoration in tennessee hardwood bottomland forests i have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science with a major in wildlife and fisheries science. Proceedings socio economic analyses of sustainable forest management international symposium of in prague czech republic. The refuge extends east two to six miles to the edge of the heavily dissected chickasaw bluff. Hardwood bottomland ecosystems provide critical habitat for various wildlife among numerous ecosystem services.