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Now Available!. from the NH Natural Heritage Bureau.

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  1. Now Available! from the NH Natural Heritage Bureau A new, fully-illustrated guide, called The Nature of New Hampshire: Natural Communities of the Granite State will be available online and at bookstores throughout the state in Spring 2011. This new book shows and describes New Hampshire’s amazing diversity of natural landscapes. The hope is that it will be used and enjoyed by a wide audience.

  2. Natural Communities A natural community is a specific combination of plants that regularly occur together. The book organizes the natural communities found in New Hampshire into chapters and sections based on broad habitat categories, some of which are shown in the photos that follow.

  3. Alpine and Subalpine

  4. Talus Slopes

  5. Forests

  6. Old-Growth Forests

  7. Peatlands

  8. Peatlands

  9. Swamps

  10. Swamps

  11. Marshes

  12. Marshes

  13. Floodplain Forests

  14. Estuaries

  15. Sand Dunes

  16. With photos, drawings, and accessible text, this book is a beautifully illustrated guide to New Hampshire’s stunning diversity of natural landscapes.

  17. Rare Plants and Animals The book reveals many interesting facts about some of the state’s rare plants and animals. large yellow lady's slipper wild lupine showy lady's slipper dwarf cinquefoil Karner Blue Butterfly

  18. Natural Disturbance The disturbances that maintain natural communities – such as storms, floods, and fires – are examined in revealing detail. Wind in a spruce - fir forest Fire at the Ossipee Pine Barrens Ice scour along the Connecticut River

  19. Threats to Natural Communities The book also examines specific threats to New Hampshire’s native biodiversity, including habitat fragmentation, the encroachment of invasive species, and recreational disturbances.

  20. Places to Go And finally, the book provides locations where you can visit good examples of each natural community.

  21. So keep an eye out for “The Nature of New Hampshire: Natural Communities of the Granite State.” This new, full- color reference guide to natural communities will be coming out in Spring 2011. back cover

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