9780881503784-0881503789-Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England

Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England

ISBN-13: 9780881503784
ISBN-10: 0881503789
Edition: First Edition
Author: Tom Wessels
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Countryman Pr
Format: Hardcover 199 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780881503784
ISBN-10: 0881503789
Edition: First Edition
Author: Tom Wessels
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Countryman Pr
Format: Hardcover 199 pages

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Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England (ISBN-13: 9780881503784 and ISBN-10: 0881503789), written by authors Tom Wessels, was published by Countryman Pr in 1997. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Plants (Natural History, Nature & Ecology, Biological Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Plants books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.07.

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Landscape is much more than scenery to be observed or even terrain to be traveled, as this fascinating and many-layered book vividly shows us. Etched into the land is the history of how we have inhabited it, the storms and fires that have shaped it, and its response to these and other changes. An intrepid sleuth and articulate tutor, Wessels teaches us to read a landscape the way we might solve a mystery. What exactly is the meaning of all those stone walls in the middle of the forest? Why do beech and birch trees have smooth bark when the bark of all other northern species is rough? How do you tell the age of a beaver pond and determine if beavers still live there? Why are pine trees dominant in one patch of forest and maples in another? What happened to the American chestnut? Turn to this book and no walk in the woods will ever be the same.

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