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Pine Mountain Ridges

Ecoregion in Piedmont, GA

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The Pine Mountain Ridges, a small, narrow region in the southwest portion of the Georgia Piedmont, contains quartzite-capped, steep-sloped ridges that rise 300-400 feet above the Piedmont surface to elevations over 1300 feet. Pine Mountain and Oak Mountain are the primary linear ridges trending southwest to northeast, and several other smaller ridges and mountains between these add to the region’s more mountainous appearance. The Flint River has cut some narrow, steep gorges, 400 feet deep, through the ridges. Streams in this region are often of higher gradient than surrounding areas of 45b, and contain more rocky and gravelly substrates.

— EPA

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Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia (species), “Calico-Bush”, “Spoonwood”, “American Laurel”, “Clamoun”, “Ivybush”, “Lambkill”, “Sheep Laurel”

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