**APPENDIX E**

**ECOREGION DESIGNATIONS**

WITHIN STATES AFFECTED BY APHIS-WS CONTINUED OR EXPANDED

INVOLVEMENT IN ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAMS

Ecoregions are ecosystems of regional extent as defined by Bailey
(1995). An "X" means the state contains the ecosystem/ecoregion
described in the key below. The reader is referred to Bailey (1995) for
more detailed descriptions of each ecoregion and the climate, soils,
vegetation, and animal life that occur there.

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  **State**           **212**   **M212**   **221**   **222**   **M221**   **231**   **232**   **234**   **251**   **411**

  **Maine**           X         X          X                                                                      

  **New Hampshire**             X          X                                                                      

  **Vermont**         X         X                                                                                 

  **Massachusetts**             X          X                                                                      

  **Connecticut**               X          X                                                                      

  **Rhode Island**                         X                                                                      

  **New York**        X         X          X         X                                                            

  **Pennsylvania**    X                    X                   X                                                  

  **Ohio**                                 X         X                                                            

  **Michigan**        X                              X                                                            

  **Indiana**                                        X                                                  X         

  **New Jersey**                           X                                                                      

  **Maryland**                             X                   X          X         X                             

  **Delaware**                                                                      X                             

  **West Virginia**                        X                   X                                                  

  **Virginia**                             X                   X          X         X                             

  **Kentucky**                             X         X         X                              X                   

  **Tennessee**                            X         X         X          X                   X                   

  **North Carolina**                                           X          X         X                             

  **South Carolina**                                           X          X         X                             

  **Georgia**                              X                   X          X         X                             

  **Alabama**                              X         X                    X         X                             

  **Florida**                                                                       X                             X

  **Mississippi**                                                         X         X         X                   

  **Louisiana**                                                           X         X         X                   
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Key to Ecoregion Designations (adapted from descriptions by Bailey
1995):

Numbers in the 200 series are within the "Humid Temperate Domain":

> 212 Laurentian Mixed Forest Province -- lower elevation areas (sea
> level to 2,400 ft.), flat to rolling hills in relief, moderately long
> and severe winters; native vegetation types are transitional between
> spruce-fir coniferous boreal forest and broadleaf deciduous forest
> zones and are characterized by mixed stands of coniferous (mainly
> pine) species and a few deciduous species (mainly yellow birch, sugar
> maple, and American beech); in some areas, other tree species include
> hemlock, red cedar.
>
> M212 Adirondack-New England Mixed Forest-Coniferous Forest-Alpine
> Meadow Province -- mountainous region with elevations between 500 and
> 4000 ft.; warm summers and sometimes cold winters; native vegetation
> types transitional between boreal spruce-fir coniferous forest to the
> north and deciduous forest to the south; valleys contain hardwood
> forest (sugar maple, yellow birch, beech, hemlock), lower mountain
> slopes with mixed forest of spruce, fir, maple, beech, and birch, and
> higher elevations with fir and spruce.
>
> 221 Eastern Broadleaf Forest (Oceanic) Province -- diverse topography;
> elevations from 1000 to 3000 ft.; cold winters and warm summers;
> native vegetation characterized by temperate deciduous forest
> dominated by tall broadleaf trees that provide a dense, continuous
> canopy in summer and shed their leaves in winter; dominant deciduous
> species include American beech, yellow-poplar, basswoods, sugar maple,
> buckeye, red oak, white oak, hemlock; includes areas of pine-oak
> forest ("Pine Barrens").
>
> 222 Eastern Broadleaf Forest (Continental) Province -- flat to rolling
> to moderate in relief; elevations from 80 to 1,650 ft.; hot summers;
> native vegetation dominated by broadleaf deciduous forest with oak and
> hickory tree species more abundant than in other provinces; gradually
> turns more to prairie towards the Midwest, forming a mosaic pattern
> with prairie.
>
> M221 Central Appalachian Broadleaf Forest - Coniferous Forest - Meadow
> Province -- low mountains at elevations ranging from 300 to 6,700 ft.;
> distinct summers and winters; native vegetation characterized by mixed
> oak-pine forest, dominated by the white and black oak groups at lower
> levels; northeastern hardwood forest at mid elevation levels, and
> spruce-fir forest and meadows on the highest peaks.
>
> 231 Southeastern Mixed Forest Province -- comprised of the Piedmont
> and irregular Gulf Coastal Plains with elevations from 100 to 1000
> feet and flat to gentle sloping relief; mild winters, hot humid
> summers; native vegetation comprised of broadleaf deciduous (oak,
> hickory, sweetgum, red maple, winged elm) and needleleaf evergreen
> trees (mostly loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, other southern yellow
> pine species).
>
> 232 Outer Coastal Plain Mixed Forest Province -- flat and irregular
> Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains areas; flat to gentle sloping to
> gentle rolling in relief; temperatures relatively steady across
> seasons; native vegetation comprised of temperate rainforest
> characterized by evergreen oaks and members of the laurel and magnolia
> families, with coastal marshes and interior swamps dominated by gum
> and cypress tree species; most upland areas covered by subclimax pine
> forest.

234. Lower Mississippi Riverine Forest Province -- flat to gently
     sloping broad floodplain and low terraces made up of alluvium and
     loess; from near sea level in the south, altitude increases
     gradually to about 660 feet in the north; land of oxbow lakes and
     swamps are significant in the extreme southern portion of the
     province; warm winters and hot summers; rain falls throughout the
     year, with a minimum in autumn; temperature and precipitation
     decrease heading north; native vegetation comprised of bottom-land
     deciduous forest, with ash, elm, cottonwood, sugarberry, sweetgum,
     water tupelo, oak, bald cypress, and vines significant along water
     courses.

> 251 Prairie Parkland (Temperate) Province -- gently rolling plains,
> but steep bluffs border a number of valleys; elevations range from 300
> to 2,000 feet; characterized by hot summers and cold winters; average
> annual precipitation ranges from 20 to 40 inches; vegetation is
> considered forest-steppe with alternating prairie and deciduous
> forest; prairie is comprised predominantly of grasses and forests are
> comprised of oak and hickory.

Numbers in the 400 series are within the "Humid Tropical Domain":

411. Everglades Province -- extensive low elevation (sea level to about
     25 ft.) areas consisting primarily of large areas of swamps and
     marshes; hot summers and warm winters; native vegetation consists
     of tropical moist hardwood forest dominated by cypress trees and
     mangroves along the eastern and southern coasts; much open marsh
     characterized by grasses, reeds, sedges, and other aquatic
     herbaceous plants; some areas with dense stands of sawgrass and
     three-awn grasses.