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Mountain, above the juniper woodland zone (Ecoregion 80j), the landscape is almost treeless; broad areas of mountain big sagebrush alternate with scattered groves of aspen.
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A few northern species that grow in Ecoregion 58i are not found in Ecoregion 58h.
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The Transition Hills have the highest elevations in Ecoregion 65, and contain characteristics of both the Southeastern Plains and the Interior Plateau (71) ecoregions.
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Ecoregion 80m is nonarable and used for recreation and wildlife habitat.
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Ecoregion frameworks are also relevant to integrated ecosystem management, an ultimate goal of most federal and state resource management agencies.
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In the central and western part of Ecoregion 67, the shale ridges are associated with the Cambrian-age Rome Formation: shale and siltstone with beds of sandstone.
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The mixed forests of Chilhowee Mountain in Ecoregion 66e have a history of disturbance by Indians, settlers, loggers, and fire.
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Elevations and relief are greater than the loess plains of Ecoregion 74 to the west, but generally less than the Interior Plateau (71) to the east.
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Clearcut on commercial forest land in Ecoregion 65e.
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The Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs contain more crenulated, broken, or hummocky ridges, compared to the smoother, more sharply pointed sandstone ridges of Ecoregion 67h.
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