Figure 15. — An oak-hickory 

 stand near Kentucky Dam 

 in the Western Plateau 

 region. 



dominant species in this type; elsewhere black oak 

 and the hickories predominate. 



The mixed-hardwoods type contains several im- 

 portant timber species including yellow-poplar, 

 white oak, black walnut, ash, beech, and maple. 

 This type reaches its best development in the deep 

 coves of the Eastern Highlands region. Two-thiicls 



ol the yellow-poplar in Kentucky is fotmd here. 

 This type also contains a large voluine ot beech. 



About 80 percent of the pine and oak-pine forest 

 is located in the Eastern Highlands region. Short- 

 leaf pine is the major species, although Virginia 

 pine is common (fig. 16). Some eastern white pine 

 is found in the Eastern Highlands. Some pine is 



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FicuRK \6.—Pine grows well 

 on the ridges of the East- 

 ern Highlands and is in- 

 creasingin importance. This 

 stand of shortleaf pine is in 

 Jackson County. 



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