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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Places in this region

Gardening

Long season with hot summers: peaches, figs, peppers, sweet potatoes, plus spring and fall cool-season gardens.

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Fishing

Striped bass, bluefish, fluke and blackfish inshore; largemouth and smallmouth bass, shad runs and trout in the rivers.

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Foraging

Pawpaws, persimmons, black walnuts, mulberries, wineberries, ramps in the uplands, chanterelles and oyster mushrooms.

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