Meaning of Piedmont Native

The Piedmont Region is a plateau located in the eastern United States. It sits between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New Jersey in the north to central Alabama in the south.

Native trees are those naturally occurring in this region and historically found in this geographic area.

Determination of native status, for the purposes of planting at McFarlane, are verified with Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Alan S. Weakley, University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU)