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Carolina Slate Belt

Ecoregion in Piedmont in GA, SC, NC, VA

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The Carolina Slate Belt (45c) is an irregular plain with low rounded ridges and shallow ravines. It is characteristically underlain by deeply weathered, fine-grained metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Carolina Slate Belt that have been intruded by igneous rock. Within the Piedmont (45), only the sedimentary rocks of the Triassic Basins are finer-grained and less metamorphosed. Aaron Slate, phyllite, metasiltstone, metatuff, felsic volcanic rocks, and Virgilina Greenstone underlie The Carolina Slate Belt ecoregion in Virginia. These rocks are somewhat less resistant to erosion than those of the adjoining Northern Outer Piedmont (45f) and physiography reflects these differences; Ecoregion 45c has lower crestal elevations, greater valley widths, and more favorable sites for reservoirs than adjoining ecoregions (Hunt, 1967, p. 257). Clay-rich weathering products (i.e. saprolite) have developed on bedrock but are typically thinner than in neighboring parts of the Piedmont. As a result, bedrock is close enough to the surface to impede both valley incision and erosion (Trimble, 1974). Local relief is 50 to 250 feet (15-76 m) and elevations range from 350 to 625 feet (107-191 m). The soils of the Carolina Slate Belt (45c) were derived from residuum and have a high silt content. They are primarily fine, kaolinitic, thermic, typic Hapludults of the Georgeville-Herndon association.

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Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)

211 Observations

Liquidambar styraciflua SPECIES · “Sweetgum”

179 Observations

Liriodendron tulipifera SPECIES · “Tuliptree”, “Yellow Poplar”

146 Observations

American Pokeweed Phytolacca americana (species), “Virginian Pokeweed”, “Pokeweed”, “Inkberry”, “American Nightshade”, “Cancer Jalap”, “Coakum”, “Garget”, “Pigeon Berry”, “Pocan Bush”, “Poke Root”, “Red Ink Plant”, “Redweed”, “Scoke”

135 Observations

Polystichum acrostichoides SPECIES · “Christmas Fern”

128 Observations

White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus (species), “Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”

82 Observations

Carolina Anole Anolis carolinensis (species), “Green Anole”, “American Anole”, “Red-Throated Anole”

67 Observations

Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis (species), “Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”

49 Observations

Pantherophis alleghaniensis SPECIES

36 Observations

Storeria dekayi SPECIES · “Brownsnake”

34 Observations

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis (species), “Common Cardinal”

52,340 Observations

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus (species)

45,552 Observations

Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis (species)

45,460 Observations

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor (species), “Parus Bicolor”

45,087 Observations

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)

38,996 Observations

Hypena scabra SPECIES

101 Observations

Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus (species), “Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”

94 Observations

Udea rubigalis SPECIES · “Celery Leaftier”

90 Observations

Papilio glaucus SPECIES · “Eastern Tiger Swallowtail”

84 Observations

Galgula partita SPECIES · “Wedgling Moth”, “The Wedgeling”

77 Observations

Lophodermium GENUS

78 Observations

Scorias spongiosa SPECIES

10 Observations

Lactarius indigo SPECIES

Aureoboletus GENUS

Hericium erinaceus SPECIES · “Lion's Mane”, “Yamabushitake”

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Carolina Slate Belt

Carolina Slate Belt

Carolina Slate Belt