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White Mountain Foothills

Ecoregion in Appalachian Mountains in NH, VT

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The White Mountain Foothills ecoregion of New Hampshire is a transitional area between Ecoregions 58q, 58p, 58m, and 58l, and consists of well-dissected rolling hills and open low mountains. It has lower elevation and less relief than Ecoregion 58p, and a few more northerly characteristics in climate, soil, and vegetation than Ecoregion 58q. Coarse-loamy, frigid Spodosols are typical. Elevations are mostly 900 to 2000 feet, but range from 500 to over 3000 feet. Mt. Cardigan (3115 feet) and Smarts Mountain (3240 feet) are high points in the southern end of the region. Granite, granodiorite, and metavolcanic rocks are typical, covered by shallow, stony soils. A few small lakes occur in the region, but somewhat less than in Ecoregion 58q to the south. Surface waters have lower nutrients and alkalinity than Ecoregions 58f and 58l to the west. Northern hardwoods of sugar maple, American beech, and yellow birch are common, with lowland spruce-fir and a few patches of high elevation spruce-fir forest.

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