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Station 18: The Edge

Edge between forest habitats

Edge, the place where two habitat types meet, attracts a diversity of animal species to an area by providing a variety of cover and food. Can you identify the habitat differences between the left (uncut red pine plantation) and to the right (clearcut red pine, 1990) of the photo above? Click on the links below for answers.

Uncut red pine plantationClearcut Red Pine (1990)

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