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Hardwood Forests

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Hardwood Forests 

forests found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones, consisting of trees and shrubs with broad or narrow leaves. Hardwood forests are usually contrasted with coniferous forests. They include the evergreen forests of tropical and subtropical zones; their change of foliage occurs gradually and is not noticeable to the eye. Hardwood forests include those with trees that experience leaf fall in various seasons: in temperate zones the leaves fall in autumn, the cold part of the year; in the tropics and subtropics, during the summer dry season. Hardwood forests contain many varieties of trees with great international economic importance.



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Mad, Indeed Sentiments and opinions expressed by attendees and presenters during the Dollars & Sense event, organized by Purdue University and Wood & Wood Products, ran the gamut from those who are mad that North American wood industry professionals must certify they are good stewards of our hardwood forests and its byproducts, to those who say you must be mad if you ignore that certification is gaining traction in the marketplace.
It should go without saying that allowing the beetle to spread relentlessly through Central Massachusetts and much of the state, and ultimately into the millions of acres of hardwood forests across northern New England and beyond, is not an option.
In an effort to deprive the Communist Vietcong guerrillas of the dense cover they found in the hardwood forests and mangroves that fringed the Mekong Delta, the American military sprayed 79,000,000 liters of herbicides and defoliants (including Agent Orange) over about one-seventh of the land area of South Vietnam.
 
 
 
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