Virginia’s geological history are represented by meso-Proterozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks in the core of the Blue Ridge physiographic province. These rocks record volcanism and mountain-building

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has a Division of Natural Heritage which categorizes the state's biological diversity. As required by Virginia Natural Area Preserves Act of 1989, the state agency has inventoried the places which have rare, threatened, and endangered plant and animal species; exemplary natural communities ...

2021年8月11日 · Here you will find detailed information on more than 300 natural communities found in Virginia. Use the Table of Contents above to learn about the plant communities and their associated landforms and ecological processes, as well as how they have been studied and classified using more than 4,700 vegetation sample plots collected throughout ...

The natural environment of Virginia encompasses the physical geography and biology of the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia has a total area of 42,774.2 square miles (110,784.67 km 2), including 3,180.13 square miles (8,236.5 km 2) of water, making it the 35th-largest state by area. [1]

Virginia has almost 16-million acres of forest, covering 62% of the state. Virginia's forests are made up of about 70% hardwoods, 10% oak-pine forests and 20% conifer. National forest makes up only 11% of Virginia's forest and 5% is state and other public forest. Timber companies own 4% and the rest – 80% (12.9-million acres) is privately owned.

Based on Ecoregions developed by the EPA this map describe areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources, as well as similarity of climate that can assist Virginia gardenders.

Broadly, Virginia can be divided into three large-scale ecoregions: the Appalachians along the northwest border of the state, the Southeastern USA Plains running through the central portion of the state and covering most of the state, and the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in the southeastern corner of the state as well as the portion of the ...

2024年8月8日 · The climate has shaped the forests of Virginia since tree-like species evolved 400 million years ago, after the first plants on land fought for light. Natural forests in Virginia today are adapted to dry summer droughts and light woodland …

Virginia is a large state with diverse landforms. There is a broad flat Coastal Plain, a Piedmont with rolling hills, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. The map below divides Virginia into more than those five geographic regions. An ecosystem is an area where living and nonliving things interact.

2021年2月5日 · Nonhuman environmental factors have shaped Virginia’s history in ways both subtle and direct. A review of the state’s bioregions reveals subtle examples of nature acting to shape Virginia’s modern history.