| Taconic Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Mount Equinox (3,840 ft) in Vermont is the high point of the Taconic range | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Equinox Mountain, Bennington County, Vermont |
| Elevation | 3,850 ft (1,170 m) |
| Geography | |
 Orogenies of the northeast United States | |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont |
| Region(s) | western New England, eastern New York |
| Range coordinates | 42°41.5′N 73°17.1′W / 42.6917°N 73.2850°W |
| Parent range | Appalachian Mountains |
| Biome | Northern hardwood forest, |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Taconic Orogeny |
| Rock age | 440 million years |
| Rock type | Thrust fault |
The Taconic Mountains (/təˈkɒnɪk/) are a 150-mile-long sub-range of the Appalachian Mountains lying on the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England. The range, which played a role in the history of geological science, is separated from the Berkshires and Green Mountains to the east by a series of valleys, principally those of the Housatonic River, Battenkill River and Otter Creek. The Taconics' highest point is Mount Equinox in Vermont at 3,840 feet (1,170 m); among many other summits are Dorset Mountain, Mount Greylock and Mount Everett.[1][2][3]
Forests are predominately maple-beech-birch with some spruce-fir at higher elevations, "and oak and hickory common to the south and at lower elevations."[4] Parts of the Taconics are in the New England-Acadian forests ecoregion.[5] Although mostly private property, the Taconics contain a half-dozen sizable state forests and parks, as well as many preserves of lesser acreage protected by land trusts.[6][7][8][9][10] Several hundred miles of trails are within these mountains, including parts of the Appalachian Trail.
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- ^ Olson, David M.; Dinerstein, Eric; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ "Taconic Crest Project" Rensselaer Land Trust. Retrieved February 13, 2011. "Taconic Crest Project". Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ [1] "Equinox Highlands, Manchester and Dorset, Vermont." The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape. Harvard Forest (2010). Harvard University.
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