Eastern Temperate Forests · Zones 5–7
Central Hardwoods & Interior Plateaus
The Ohio Valley, Kentucky and Tennessee plateaus, the Ozarks and Missouri: oak-hickory forest broken by farmland and big rivers.
Rolling hardwood forest, limestone and karst, big warm rivers and reservoirs.
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Gardening
Hot humid summers and cold-enough winters for apples: tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, okra, plus strong spring and fall gardens.
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Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie, catfish, sauger and walleye in the rivers, trout in tailwaters.
About fishing guides →Foraging
Morels, chanterelles, pawpaws, persimmons, black walnuts, hickories, wild plums, elderberries and blackberries.
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