FS-1172

CONTENTS:
Preface -- Introduction.
Where do trees grow and why? -- Ecological divisions of North America -- Forest extent -- Tree species ranges-- Types of forest communities.
What else lives in the forest? -- Wildlife habitat -- Forest birds -- Forest fish and aquatic species -- Forest mammals.
What shapes the forest? -- Native and nonnative insects and diseases -- Wildland fire as a natural disturbance -- Wildland fire management -- Providing quality wood products while sustaining our forests -- Planted forests -- Our changing forests.
What benefits do forests provide? -- Clean water -- Wilderness -- Agroforestry -- Urban forests provide benefits where we live -- Taking stock in carbon -- Wood products in everyday life -- Forest industries keep America working.
What is the future of our forests? -- Who owns the forest? -- America's private forest owners -- America's public forest owners -- Forests and the carbon cycle -- Forests on the move.
Acknowledgments -- Credits.