TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Map showing geographical divisions or forest regions. Frontispiece 



PAGES 



Sources of information 9-15 



Bibliography 10-15 



Acknowledgments 15 



Principles of geographical classification 17-22 



Plan of regional descriptions 23-34 



The hill country and coastal plain contrasted 35-36 



The regions in detail 37-128 



Hill country 37-71 



1. Tennessee valley region 37-47 



A. Barrens, or Highland Rim 37-40 



B. Valley proper (including Brown's Valley) 40-47 



2. Coal region (Carboniferous) 47-57 



A. Northern portion, or plateau region 47-52 



B. Southern portion, or basin region 52-57 



3. Coosa (Appalachian) valley region 58-63 



4. Blue Ridge 64-66 



5. Piedmont region 67-71 



Coastal plain 72-128 



6. Central pine belt 72-84 



A. Short-leaf pine belt 72-77 



B. Long-leaf pine hills 78-81 



C. Eutaw belt 81-84 



7. Black belt (cane-brake or prairie region) 84-91 



8. Chunnennuggee Ridge or blue marl region 91-94 



9. Post oak flatwoods 95-97 



10. Southern red hills (and "mountains") 97-103 



11. Lime hills (white limestone, etc.) 103-107 



12. Lime-sink region ("Wire-grass") . 108-113 



13. Southwestern pine hills 113-123 



14. Mobile delta (estuarine swamps) 123-126 



15. Coast strip 126-128 



Illustrations (half-tone cuts of forest scenery) 129-184 



Barrens of Tennessee valley (figs. 1, 2) 131 



Tennessee valley proper (figs. 3-8) 133,135 



Coal plateau region (figs. 9-13) 137,139 



Coal basin region (figs. 14, 15) 141 



Coosa valley region (figs. 16-18) 143,145 



Blue Ridge (figs. 19, 20) 145 



Piedmont region (figs. 21-24) 147,149 



Short-leaf pine belt (figs. 25-27) 151 



Central long-leaf pine hills (figs. 28-30) 153 



Black belt (figs. 31-34) 155,157 



Post oak flatwoods (fig. 35) 159 



Southern red hills (figs. 36-39) 159,161 



Lime hills (fig. 40) 163 



