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Links to Other Sites on Barrens

There are many different names applied to "barren" communities, reflecting the many possible combinations of local conditions. They share a low rate of productivity that is often related to very well drained soils which result in extreme dryness, low nutrient content, and sometimes acidic soil pH values. There are several kinds of barrens in Wisconsin, each with a particular combination of physical conditions and history and each supporting a somewhat distinctive flora.

Pine Barrens

Johnson Lake Barrens State Natural Area the WI DNR description of a pine barrens site in Vilas County, WI

Central New York Pine Barrens Fact Sheet Information on pine barrens from the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission

Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens Beautiful photos of typical pine barren flora

Pine Barrens Tree Frog fact sheet on this New Jersey endangered species

Free Booklet of Pine Barrens Plants Information and photos on New Jersey Pine Barrens plants from Georgian Court College with address for a booklet you can order.

Pine Barrens Restoration A page by Volker Radeloff, a student in restoration Ecology at the University of Wisconsin--Madison

New Jersey Pine Barrens Fact Sheet Detailed page on the wetlands, woodlands, and wild flowers of the NJ Pine Barrens by photographer Michael Hogan.

Pine Barrens Enthusiast Another detailed page on Pine Barrens

New York Pine Barrens Insects An article summarizing a survey of insects by Tim L. McCabe of the New York State Museum

Vertebrates of the Pine Barrens A reprint of an article and species list by Robert W Hastings in the Winter 1978 edition of Frontiers magazine

Blueberry Barrens

Blueberry Barrens Birding Species you might expect to see in a blueberry barrens in Washington Co., Maine.

Blueberry Barrens Cultivation Use of a barrens to produce blueberry crops in Nova Scotia from The History of the Lowbush Blueberry Industry in Nova Scotia, 1880 - 1950

Geology of a Maine Blueberry Barrens A virtual fieldtrip to the Pineo Ridge Moraine/Delta Complex in eastern Maine

Apiation and Blueberries in Barrens An interesting history of bee-keeping and blueberry barren cultivation

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