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Southern Appalachian region 

 Monongahela National Forest 

 Shenandoah National Forest 

 Natural Bridge National Forest 

 Unaka National Forest 

 Pisgah National Forest 

 Nantahala National Forest 

 Cherokee National Forest 

 Alabama National Forest 



Ozark region 

 Ozark National Forest 

 Arkansas National Forest 



Florida region 

 Florida National Forest 



The National Forests, which are 

 administrative units, are often made 

 up of two or more detached parts, the 

 more important of which are mentioned 

 in the discussion of the individual 

 Forests. 



Alabama National Forest (Alabama). 

 Area 97,198 acres, on Walden Ridge, 

 principally in Lawrence and Winston 

 counties. Forests of the plateau types, 

 largely of pine on the upper slopes and 

 deciduous forest, containing consider- 

 able valuable white oak and yellow 

 poplar in the hollows. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Moul- 

 ton|. 



Arkansas National Forest (Arkansas). 

 Area 652,565 acres in mountainous 

 western Arkansas, mostly in Perry, 

 Saline, Garland, Yell, Logan, Scott, 

 Montgomery, and Polk Counties. 

 Mixed coniferous and deciduous forest 

 with shortleaf pine predominating. Un- 

 disturbed areas are to be found. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Hot 

 Springs*, 12 mi. N. W. (C., R. I. & P. 

 Ry. and Mo. Pac. R. R.). Other points 

 from which accessible are Womble, 3 

 mi. N.E. or W.; Eagleton or Rich Mt., 

 one mi.; Bates, 3 mi.; Waldron, 10 mi.; 

 Mansfield, 8 mi. S.; Booneville, 9 mi. 

 S. ; Waveland, 8 mi. S.; and Plainville, 

 13 mi. S. 



Cherokee National Forest (Georgia, 

 North Carolina and Tennessee). Area 

 211,832 acres, mostly in Polk and Monroe 

 Counties, Tenn., Cherokee County, 

 N. C., and Fannin, Union, Lumpkin, 

 Towns, and White Counties, Ga. For- 

 est types of the ^.Appalachian inter- 



mediate and plateau groups. A saw 

 timber estimate compiled in 1916 by the 

 Forest Service indicates the following 

 percentages of species : oaks 24, chestnut 

 21, yellow pines 14, yellow poplar 13, 

 white pine 13, hemlock 7, others 8. 

 Elevation 1500-5000 ft. 



Supervisor's headquarters Athens, 

 Tenn.t, (L. & N. R. R. and So. Ry.). 

 Forest most readily reached (a) from 

 Blue Ridge, Ga., (L. & N. R. R.). Good 

 roads penetrate the Forest. 



Florida National Forest (Florida). 

 Area 320,273 acres in two divisions: 

 the Ocala, mostly in Marion County, 

 and the Choctawhatchee, in Santa Rosa, 

 Okaloosa, and Walton Counties, in the 

 extreme northwestern part of the State. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Pensa- 

 colaj. (L. & N. R. R.) The Choctaw- 

 hatchee division is accessible from 

 several points on the L. & N. R. R. 

 notably Pensacola, Crestview, and De 

 Funiak Springs. The Ocala division 

 may be reached from points near Ocala 

 and Palatka. 



Monongahela National Forest (West 

 Virginia). Area 170,377 acres in the 

 Alleghany highlands, mostly in Tucker 

 and Randolph Counties, W. Va. Forest 

 almost entirely cut-over. Subalpine 

 and intermediate types represented, 

 including much of the northern hard- 

 wood type. Excellent second-growth of 

 yellow poplar and other species in places. 



Supervisor's headquarters at ElkinsJ 

 (Western Maryland Ry. and C. & O. 

 R. R.). Forest also accessible from 

 Parsons, Hendricks, and Durbin. 



Nantahala National Forest (Georgia, 

 North Carolina, and South Carolina). 

 Area 221,613 acres, mostly in Macon, 

 Graham, and Clay Counties, N. C., 

 Rabun County, Ga. and Oconee County, 

 S. C. The forest adjoins the Cherokee 

 National Forest and is situated in the 

 Nantahala Mountains on headwaters of 

 the Savannah and Tennessee Rivers. 

 Forest types are of the intermediate 

 group. Forest Service estimate of saw 

 timber indicates following percentage 

 of principal species: oaks 39 (mostly 

 chestnut and red oaks), hemlock 18, 



