What are the Forest types in Northern Virginia?”
…Northern Virginia (specifically the Blue Ridge Mountains Section) includes mostly Appalachian oak forest, plus southeastern spruce-fir forest, and northern hardwoods forest. There are also some areas of Eastern white pine. What the report compiled by Southeastern Forest Experiment Station actually says: “Potential Natural Vegetation. K\”uchler classified vegetation in this Section as Appalachian oak forest, southeastern spruce-fir forest, and northern hardwoods. The predominant vegetation form is montane cold-deciduous broad-leaved forest dominated by the genus {\it Quercus}. The oak forest type consists of black, white, and chestnut oaks that dominate dry mountain slopes; pitch pine is often a component along ridge tops. Mesophytic species such as yellow-poplar, red maple, northern red oak, and sweet birch dominate the valleys and moist slopes. Smaller areas of cold-deciduous broad-leaved forest with evergreen needle-leaved trees are present in the intermontane basins, with the har
