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Author Godfrey, Michael A

Title Field Guide to the Piedmont : the Natural Habitats of America's Most Lived-in Region, from New York City to Montgomery, Alabama
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (537 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Piedmont Defined; Chapter One: Geography; Beneath the Surface; The Primal Piedmont; Succession; Chapter Two: Weather and Climate; Temperature; Moisture; Effectiveness; Winds and Landforms; Climatic History; Microclimate; Effects of Climate on Life Forms; Part II: Cultivated Lands; Chapter Three: Farmlands; Row Crops; Hayfields; Pastures; Microcommunities; Part III: Lands in Succession; Chapter Four: Plant Succession; The Terminology of Succession; Effects of Drainage on Succession; Historical Perspective; Abandoned Farmland
Piedmont Succession StagesChapter Five: The Mesosere: Habitats on Well-Drained Soils; The Herbaceous Phase; Mesic Woody Succession; The Growing Forest; The Mature Forest; Chapter Six: The Xerosere: Dry Soil Habitats; The Herbaceous Phase; Xeric Woody Succession; The Growing Forest; The Mature Forest; Animals of the Xerosere; Chapter Seven: The Hydrosere: Wet Soil Habitats; Flowing Water: The Lotic Habitats; The Alluvial Forest; The Swamp Forest; Still Water: The Lentic Habitats; Part IV: Special Places; Chapter Eight: Outstanding or Representative Botanical Communities; Granitic Outcrops
Non-Granitic OutcropsSerpentine Barrens; Unique Gymnosperm Communities; Unique Deciduous Habitats; The Glaciated Piedmont; Appendices; Selected Lepidoptera of the Piedmont; Reptiles of the Piedmont; Amphibians of the Piedmont; Selected Birds of the Piedmont; Mammals of the Piedmont; Illustrations of Selected Piedmont Plants; Common Names of Selected Piedmont Plants; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; X; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary America's most populous region is also home to some of the nation's most serenely beautiful country. Tracing a gentle, thousand-mile curve from New York City southwestward to Montgomery, Alabama, the Piedmont connects an arc of urban centers which includes five state capitals, America's largest city, and the national capital. Between the Atlantic coastal plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Piedmont's rolling hills span miles of farmland and forest. Michael Godfrey's Field Guide to the Piedmont--originally published by Sierra Club Books and here newly revised and updated--is an infor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-497) and index
Notes English
Subject Natural history -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) -- Guidebooks
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
Natural history
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Ecology.
SUBJECT Piedmont (U.S. : Region) -- Guidebooks
Subject United States -- Piedmont Region
Genre/Form Guidebooks
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469607498
1469607492