36 FOREST RESOURCES; PRINCIPAL TREES AND REGIONS 



3. Lake States, embracing the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and 

 Minnesota. 



4. Central States, including the eight central states from West Vir- 

 ginia to Missouri and Iowa, inclusive, and from Tennessee to Lake 

 Michigan. 



5. The Southeast, including the eleven South Atlantic and Gulf States 

 from Virginia to Texas, inclusive, and Arkansas and Eastern 

 Oklahoma. 



Subregions: 



(a) Southern pine from Florida to Arkansas and Texas, inclu- 

 sive. 



(b) North Carolina pine from Virginia to Georgia, inclusive. 



(c) Appalachian hardwoods. 



(d) Southern bottomland hardwoods. 



(e) Cypress in Florida and in southern river bottoms. 



2. Western Forest Regions. 



6. Northern Rocky Mountain States, embracing Montana and Idaho. 



7. Southern Rocky Mountain States, embracing Wyoming, Colorado, 

 Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and western South Dakota. 



Subregions : 



(a) Central Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, 

 and western South Dakota. 



(b) Southwest, including New Mexico and Arizona. 



8. The Pacific Coast region, including the three states of Washington, 

 Oregon, and California and the Territory of Alaska. 



Subregions: 



(a) Northwest Douglas fir in Washington and Oregon west of 

 the Cascade Mountains. 



(b) Ponderosa pine in Oregon and Washington east of the Cas- 

 cade Mountains. 



(c) California pine. 



(d) Redwood in northwestern California. 



(e) Southeastern Alaska. 



These regions have been arranged in geographical order from east 

 to west and north to south. In order of importance, from the view- 

 point of total forest area, they are arranged as follows: 



