Anyone tramping around in the northern woods could benefit from the companionship of this book, but it's among the best field guides to northern trees for beginners. The authors divide trees into needles and broadleaves, then subdivides by number of needles and types of broadleaf. This authoritative guide offers taxonomy, range, detailed notes on botanical features (leaves, buds, bark, twigs, flowers, and fruit), and a general description for each of eighty-two species of forest trees and twenty common shrubs found in the region.

The authors supplement these comprehensive entries with a wealth of further information on species' habitats, associated trees, shrubs, and flowering plants, historical details, wildlife values, and uses. Line drawings accompany each entry, and distribution maps are provided for all native species.
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This indispensable volume is written for professional foresters, wildlife biologists, and other natural resource managers, but serious laypersons will find it useful, too. It presents silvicultural options for aspen-birch, northern hardwoods, swamp hardwoods, spruce-fir, hemlock, and oak-pine forests, and a wealth of information on both upland and wetland nonforested habitats. Implementing the prescribed practices will create forest conditions that will enhance wildlife diversity by providing habitats for amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. This comprehensive new professional guide encourages and facilitates cooperative active land management by landowners and professionals united in their mission to preserve New England's precious wildlife heritage.
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After long-time hospital attorney Horace is fired, he returns home to discover the U.S. Forest Service has mistakenly delivered 1,000 spruce tree seedlings to his home. When he takes it upon himself to find homes in the wild for the tiny trees -- traveling alone to the remote north Maine woods -- his wife, Beverly, begins to think he's gone around the bend. Into the mix comes Oz, an ex-convict, who begins to find his worth helping Horace plant the trees, and Oz's girlfriend, Lucy. In the end, four souls adrift find themselves washed up on Vinalhaven Island, where they discover an unexpected joy in each other's company and ultimately come together as a family.
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