Eastern Temperate Forests · Zones 6–8
Northeast Atlantic Coast & Piedmont
The urban Atlantic seaboard from Boston to Richmond: oak-hickory forests, estuaries and a long, humid growing season.
Coastal plain and rolling Piedmont, tidal rivers, the Chesapeake and Long Island Sound.
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Gardening
Long season with hot summers: peaches, figs, peppers, sweet potatoes, plus spring and fall cool-season gardens.
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Striped bass, bluefish, fluke and blackfish inshore; largemouth and smallmouth bass, shad runs and trout in the rivers.
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Pawpaws, persimmons, black walnuts, mulberries, wineberries, ramps in the uplands, chanterelles and oyster mushrooms.
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