French Map from 1720 shows "Savana" in the Piedmont along the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains.

Credit: Philip Juras (www.philipuras.com)

Credit: Philip Juras

Picture Creek Diabase Barren, Granville Co., NC

Credit: Alan Weakley

Piedmont Granite Glade

Credit: Dwayne Estes

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop, Heggies Rock, The Nature Conservancy Preserve, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop, Heggies Rock, The Nature Conservancy Preserve, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop, Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge), Arabia Mountain Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve Dekalb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop, Arabia Mountain, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop, Heggies Rock, The Nature Conservancy Preserve, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Glade, 40 Acre Rock, 40 Acre Rock Heritage Preserve, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Glade, 40 Acre Rock, 40 Acre Rock Heritage Preserve, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Glade, Heggie's Rock, Heggie's Rock Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop Vernal Pool, Isoetes melanospora, and Amphianthus pusillus, Camp Meeting Rock, Camp Meeting Rock Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Heard County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Glade, Heggie's Rock, Heggie's Rock Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Glade, Heggie's Rock, Heggie's Rock Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop, South Carolina

Credit: Dwayne Estes

Piedmont Granite Outcrop Seepage Barren, South Carolina

Credit: Dwayne Estes

Piedmont Granite Outcrop Seepage Barren, South Carolina

Credit: Dwayne Estes

Piedmont Outcrop Seep, Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve, Greenville County, South Carolina

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont/Blue Ridge Escarpment Seepage Outcrop, Utricularia cornuta, Blue Ridge Escarpment, Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve, Greenville County, South Carolina 2

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Seepage Outcrop with Sarracenia jonesii, Greenville County, South Carolina

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Outcrop Seep, Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve, Greenville County, South Carolina

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Wet Prairie, "Suther Prairie," North Carolina

Piedmont Migmatite Barren, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cobb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Migmatite Barren, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cobb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Migmatite Barren, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cobb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Migmatite Barren, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cobb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Barren, "Plum Glade," Pine Mountain, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Barren, "Plum Glade," Pine Mountain, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Undescribed species of Spiderwort (Tradescantia sp. nov.) known from two Piedmont Mafic Outcrops in North Carolina. This one from Rutherford Co., North Carolina

Credit: Dwayne Estes

Undescribed species of Fameflower (Phemeranthus sp. nov.), Piedmont Mafic Outcrop, Rutherford Co., North Carolina.

Credit: Dwayne Estes

Piedmont Barren, Burks Mountain, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Barren, Burks Mountain, Columbia County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Barren, Grassy Glade, Soapstone Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest, Stephens County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Pediomelum piedmontanum is a recently named species endemic to a few tiny Piedmont Barrens in Georgia and South Carolina.

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Serpentine Barrens, Nottingham County Park, Chester County, PA.

Credit: Nathan Dewar, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Piedmont Serpentine Barrens, Nottingham County Park, Chester County, PA.

Credit: Nathan Dewar, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Piedmont Serpentine Savanna (dominated by blackjack oak – post oak – Indian-grass – little bluestem), Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Piedmont Serpentine Savanna (dominated by pitch pine - blackjack oak – post oak – prairie dropseed), Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Piedmont Serpentine Savanna (dominated by pitch pine - blackjack oak – post oak – prairie dropseed - little bluestem), Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Piedmont Serpentine Savanna (dominated by pitch pine - blackjack oak – post oak – prairie dropseed - little bluestem), Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Grass - forb - outcrop community of Piedmont Serpentine Savanna, Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Grass - forb - outcrop community of Piedmont Serpentine Savanna, Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Serpentine Aster (Symphyotrichum depauperatum), a G2 species, on Piedmont Serpentine Savanna, Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Sandplain Gerardia (Agalinis acuta), a G1 species on Piedmont Serpentine Barren, Maryland

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Using prescribed fire to manage Piedmont Serpentine Savanna, Pennsylvania

Credit: Roger Earl Latham

Northern Piedmont Serpentine Barren, Soldier's Delight Natural Environmental Area, Baltimore Co., Maryland

Credit: Reed Noss

Northern Piedmont Riverscour Barren, Potomac River, Maryland & Virginia

Credit: Reed Noss

Piedmont Pine Mountain Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Woodland, Pine Mountain, Talbot Co., Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler

Piedmont Granite Outcrop dominated by Porter's Sunflower (Helianthus porteri), Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain Park, Dekalb County, Georgia

Credit: Alan Cressler