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The Piney Woods
The South Pine Belt Plains is a region located in southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, eastern Texas, and a small piece of southeastern Oklahoma which is locally referred to as the Piney Woods area and which represents the westernmost portion of the area of the southeastern north America dominated by pine forests.
(m0-maps-pineywoods) South Pine Belt Plains Ecoregions
The Arkansas Piney Woods
The piney woods in Arkansas includes nearly all of the south border with Louisiana, all of the southwest corner of the state, and continues north along the western border with Oklahoma into the Ouachita National Forest.
The original forest cover was a mix of pine and hardwood forests. However, today, this area is dominated by pine forest, with agriculture, mostly in the floodplain of the Red River.
Much of the forests here are plantations of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata), with the densest forest cover located in the east of this region.
South Pine Belt Plains Information:
Description:
Climate
This four state South Pine Belt Plains ecoregion lies towards the warmer end of a humid subtropical climate and the rainfall in the Piney Woods area is much higher than in those regions to the west, however, the Piney Woods rainfall is lower than that rainfall in the
Interior Highlands ecoregions to the north and the
Gulf Coastal Plains ecoregion to the south. The highest rainfall in the South Pine Belt Plains tends to be in the southeast of this ecoregion.
Although much of the year has similar levels of precipitation, August has markedly less, receiving half or less than half of the rainfall occurring during the wettest months, although relative humidity usually remains high through the August dry season. Precipitation peaks in June in parts of the region, in November in others. Summer can see severe thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes. Winters are mild but can bring some ice, sleet, and on average a month or slightly more worth of freezing temperatures.
The Ancients
First Migration
(The Algonquian Cultures)
Joktan′s son Diklah departs from his father and the rest of the brothers after breaking camp, the one which near the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. Diklah, together with his family continue downstream from that camp and continues down the Ohio river and when they arrive at the confluence with the Mississippi river, they choose to continue downstream.
Diklah′s sons and their descendants settle in the Coastal Plains area.
The Earth
Forests and Wilderness Lands:
Ouachita National Forest
National Parks and Monuments:
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Crater of Diamond State Park
De Gray State Park
Washington State Park
The Modern Man
Arkansas Campground Index
The Steps
Steps Afoot
Arkansas Footpath Journey Index
Steps Afield
Arkansas Roadpath Journey Index
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