The Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Ecosystem
White PS. 1984. The Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Ecosystem. Research/Resource Management. Report SER-71. US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office
The Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest is threatened on many fronts. The balsam woolly adelgid, air pollution, fire and logging have all altered the fragile ecosystem in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- White, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 1984
- Publisher
- US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Fraser's Fir (Abies fraseri), Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, Plant Studies, Red Spruce (Picea rubens), Spruce-Fir Forest, Threats