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Field Guide To Acadia National Park, Maine

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-10
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary

This comprehensive field guide describes the flora, fauna, and geology of this Park as well as a member of the prominent trails that traverse some of the most charming scenery in North America.

Author Biography

Russell D. Butcher is the author of America's National Wildlife Refuges: A Complete Guide, Exploring Our National Parks and Monuments, and Exploring Our National Historic Parks and Sites. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
GENERAL MAP x
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 1(14)
Mount Desert Island
1(1)
Historical Background
2(4)
Mount Desert Today
6(6)
Schoodic Peninsula
12(1)
Isle au Haut
12(1)
Acadia's Volunteers
13(1)
The National Park System
13(2)
ROCKS AND LANDFORMS 15(8)
Acadia's Oldest Rocks
15(1)
Volcanic Eruptions
16(1)
Renewed Sedimentation
16(1)
Volcanic Intrusions
17(2)
Glaciation
19(2)
Rebounding Land and Fluctuating Sea Level
21(2)
BIRDS 23(12)
MAMMALS 35(9)
Terrestrial Mammals
35(7)
Marine Mammals
42(2)
REPTILES 44(3)
Turtles
44(1)
Snakes
45(2)
AMPHIBIANS 47(3)
INSECTS 50(6)
Butterflies
50(3)
Moths
53(1)
A Few Other Insects
54(2)
INTERTIDAL LIFE 56(11)
Spray Zone
57(1)
Periwinkle Zone
57(1)
Barnacle Zone
57(1)
Rockweed Zone
57(4)
Irish Moss Zone
61(1)
Laminarian Zone
61(1)
Tide Pools
62(3)
Mudflats
65(1)
Salt Marshes
65(2)
OFFSHORE MARINE LIFE 67(5)
Anadromous Fishes
69(1)
Freshwater Fishes
70(2)
TREES 72(16)
Conifers
72(5)
Broad-Leaved Trees
77(11)
SHRUBS 88(14)
WILDFLOWERS 102(40)
Forest Flowers
102(12)
Saprophytic and Parasitic Forest Flowers
114(1)
Mountain Flowers
114(1)
Bog Flowers
115(3)
Insectivorous Bog Plants
118(1)
Marsh and Swamp Flowers
119(4)
Pond Flowers
123(3)
Meadow and Roadside Flowers
126(12)
Seaside Flowers
138(4)
FERNS 142(7)
Mountain Ledges and Rocky Ravines
142(3)
Moist Woods
145(1)
Wet or Swampy Woods
146(1)
Swamps and Bogs
147(1)
Sunny or Semi-Shaded Meadows, Drier Woods, Thickets, and Roadsides
147(2)
CLUBMOSSES 149(3)
HORSETAILS 152(1)
MOSSES 153(3)
FUNGI 156(7)
Agaricales
156(4)
Cantharellaceae
160(1)
Clavariaceae
160(1)
Boletaceae
160(1)
Polyporaceae
161(1)
Hydnaceae
161(1)
Helvellaceae
162(1)
Puffball Fungi
162(1)
LICHENS 163(3)
Fruticose Lichens
163(1)
Foliose Lichens
164(1)
Crustose Lichens
165(1)
EXPLORING ACADIA'S TRAILS AND CARRIAGE ROADS 166(38)
East Side Trails
167(16)
Carriage Roads
183(8)
West Side Trails
191(11)
Schoodic Peninsula Trails
202(1)
Isle au Haut Trails
202(2)
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS 204(4)
ACTIVITIES 208(6)
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS 214(4)
FURTHER READING AND REFERENCES 218(2)
INDEX 220(7)
OTHER BOOKS BY RUSSELL D. BUTCHER 227(2)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 229

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