forest types, the management strategies employed for each, and problems 

 associated with timber harvest operation. Also included are discussions of 

 important diseases and pests. Atlas map 2 details land cover types for 

 specific areas in coastal Maine. Common names of species are used except 

 where accepted common names do not exist. Taxonomic names of all species 

 mentioned are given in the appendix to chapter 1. 



DATA SOURCES AND COMPILATION OF DATA 



Most of the data used to prepare this report came from books, published 

 research reports, and unpublished theses. In cases where data on Maine's 

 forests were not available, information from other areas with forests similar 

 to Maine's was used. Much of the descriptive data on forest systems along the 

 coast was derived from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forest 

 inventory conducted between 1968 and 1970 (Ferguson and Kingsley 1972). Data 

 from this forest inventory were summarized by sampling units that correspond 

 with county boundaries. The three sampling units that encompass the majority 

 of the characterization area are the Capital unit, Hancock unit and Washington 

 unit (figure 9-1). The data are for the most part representative of the 

 coastal area and discrepancies will be pointed out where they exist. The 

 Capital unit includes Knox, Lincoln, Waldo, and Kennebec Counties and is 

 representative of regions 2, 3, and part of 4. The Hancock and Washington 

 units correspond to the coastal counties of the same names and are 

 representative of regions 5 and 6 respectively. 



Figure 9-1. Geographic sampling units of the 1968 to 1970 forest inventory 

 in Maine (Ferguson and Kingsley 1972). 



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