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This book provides a comprehensive description of the region from which in the future most of the US' wood for housing and paper will be grown and harvested. It provides the information for practicing foresters, researchers, and students to dramatically increase forest growth for the many forest types and in the various subregions without detrimentally affecting soil, species diversity, or long-term aesthetics. TOC:Foreword.- Preface.- Geograp...

The North American Forests describes where, why, and how the many kinds of trees found on this continent grow in silvical associations - called forest cover types. Thirteen chapters describe more than 100 forest cover types, involving several times that many species. Diverse woodlands discussed include: o The Arctic tundra o Florida's tropics o The Atlantic's coastal pond pines o The Pacific's Monterey pines o The summits of Englemann spruce o...

When the first European explorers reached the southern shores of North America in the early seventeenth century, they faced a solid forest that stretched all the way from the Atlantic coast to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. The ways in which they and their descendants used-and abused-the forest over the next nearly four hundred years form the subject of The Southern Forest. In chapters on the explorers, pioneers, lumbermen, boatbuilders, and fore...

Explores the ecological, economic, and human influences on over thirty types of woodlands. This book focuses on the effects of site factors - climate, physiography, biology, and soils - upon the growth of various kinds of trees. It includes projects for amateur naturalists, reading lists, and a glossary. It is suitable for general readers.