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Talladega Upland

Ecoregion in Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains in AL, GA

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The Talladega Upland contains the higher elevations of the Alabama-Georgia Piedmont, and tends to be more mountainous, dissected, and heavily forested than 45a and 45b. The geology is also distinctive, consisting of mostly Silurian to Devonian age phyllite, quartzite, slate, metasiltstone, and metaconglomerate, in contrast to the high-grade metamorphic and intrusive igneous rocks of 45a and 45b. The more mountainous parts of the region, with ridges formed from quartzite, sandstone, and metaconglomerate, contain Alabama’s highest point, 2407-foot Cheaha Mountain. The climate of 45d is slightly cooler and wetter than the other ecoregions (45a, b, c) of the Alabama-Georgia Piedmont. Oak-hickory-pine is the natural vegetation type, and the region once contained some unique montane longleaf pine communities. Public land (Talladega National Forest) comprises a large portion of the region in Alabama.

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