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Discovering Alabama Forests
Doug Phillips
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Description for Discovering Alabama Forests
Hardcover. Celebrates the health and diversity of Alabama woodlands. Featuring 100 color photographs, this title provides an introduction to the ecological, geological, and biological richness of Alabama's forests, their evolution through history, their contribution to the state's economy, and the modern perils they face. Illustrator(s): Falls, Robert P. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; RGBL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Green woodlands dress more than 22 million acres of the Alabama landscape, roughly two-thirds of the state. (Only Oregon and Georgia have a comparable abundance of forested acreage). Moreover, forest diversity in Alabama is greater than in any other region in the United States, with more than 200 kinds of native trees. These mixed forests consist of a great many hardwoods often thought of as emblematic of other regions: oaks, maples, hollies, elms and five species of buckeyes (Ohio has just two). Also abundant are softwoods and conifers - juniper, hemlock, cypress, and eight distinctive species of pine. As the ... Read more
Green woodlands dress more than 22 million acres of the Alabama landscape, roughly two-thirds of the state. (Only Oregon and Georgia have a comparable abundance of forested acreage). Moreover, forest diversity in Alabama is greater than in any other region in the United States, with more than 200 kinds of native trees. These mixed forests consist of a great many hardwoods often thought of as emblematic of other regions: oaks, maples, hollies, elms and five species of buckeyes (Ohio has just two). Also abundant are softwoods and conifers - juniper, hemlock, cypress, and eight distinctive species of pine. As the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817315252
SKU
V9780817315252
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Ref
99-15
About Doug Phillips
Doug Phillips is Coordinator for Environmental Information and Education with the Alabama Museum of Natural History, producer of the award-winning Public Television series Discovering Alabama, and author of Discovering Alabama Wetlands. Robert P. Falls Sr. is a professional photographer specializing in wildlife and nature whose work has been featured in many national publications and whose book Exploring Gulf Islands National ... Read more
Reviews for Discovering Alabama Forests
This book is an excellent educational resource and overview history of Alabama forests... valuable to lay readers but also to professional resource managers, educators, and students. - Dean Gjerstad, Auburn University and The Longleaf Alliance