1. A NATION IN EIGHT FORESTS.
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WHITE pine , *FORESTS & forestry , *MOUNTAIN animals , *FOREST birds , *SITKA spruce , *WHITE spruce , *WOLVES , *MAPLE - Abstract
Front 1 Coastal Rainforest This fertile area stretches north up the Pacific coast to Alaska. Unlike in tropical rainforests, relatively few species of temperate tree thrive in such wet, low-sunlight conditions - among them, Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce, yellow cedar and amabilis fir. Species include black spruce, tamarack, lodgepole pine, aspen, balsam poplar and white birch. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2021