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White Mountains/Blue Mountains

Ecoregion in Appalachian Mountains in NH, ME

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The White Mountains/Blue Mountains ecoregion is one of the most rugged in New England. Ecoregion 58p differs from the Quebec/New England Boundary Mountains (58m) in having higher elevations, steeper slopes, more narrow valleys, more areas of bedrock outcrop, fewer wetlands, more acidic surface waters, and a more transitional (somewhat less boreal) vegetation pattern. The ecoregion includes not only the White Mountains and Blue Mountains but also the Mahoosuc Range, Pilot Range, and Pliny Range. The mostly acidic uplands include some high elevation spruce-fir, widespread northern hardwood-conifer forests, and at lowest elevations some transition hardwood-conifer forests. Geology includes Mesozoic and Paleozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks of granite, syenite, rhyolite, granodiorite, quartzite, and schist. Coarse-loamy, frigid Spodosols and Inceptisols are typical. Surface waters are acidic and low in nutrients. Elevations are generally 1000 feet to over 3000 feet, with inclusions of higher peaks occuring in the Upper Montane/Alpine Zone of Ecoregion 58j.

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Clintonia borealis SPECIES · “Bluebead”

52 Observations

Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria (species)

39 Observations

Painted Trillium Trillium undulatum (species)

34 Observations

Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus (species), “Weymouth Pine”, “Soft Pine”, “Northern White Pine”

34 Observations

Hobblebush Viburnum lantanoides (species)

33 Observations

Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis (species)

197 Observations

White-Footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus (species), “White-Footed Deermouse”

89 Observations

Peromyscus maniculatus SPECIES · “Deer Mouse”, “North American Deermouse”

81 Observations

Myodes gapperi SPECIES

23 Observations

Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus (species), “Eastern American Chipmunk”

19 Observations

Black-Capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus (species), “Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”

10,051 Observations

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata (species)

7,020 Observations

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)

6,176 Observations

American Robin Turdus migratorius (species)

6,141 Observations

Red-Eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus (species)

5,987 Observations

Calathus ingratus SPECIES

22 Observations

Aedes communis SPECIES

19 Observations

Cymindis cribricollis SPECIES

17 Observations

Pterostichus rostratus SPECIES

17 Observations

Aedes canadensis SPECIES

17 Observations

Hypholoma lateritium SPECIES

18 Observations

Clinker Polypore Inonotus obliquus (species), “Chaga”

10 Observations

Turbinellus floccosus SPECIES

Chlorociboria GENUS

Fomitopsis mounceae SPECIES

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White Mountains/Blue Mountains

White Mountains/Blue Mountains

White Mountains/Blue Mountains