"Forests cover about 85 percent of New Hampshire. Valuable trees include ashes, basswoods, beeches, birches, cedars, elms, firs, hemlocks, maples, oaks, pines, spruces, and tamaracks. Shrubs and flowering plants thrive in the state's forests. Shrubs include American elders, blueberries, mountain laurel, and sumacs. Wildflowers, which grow throughout New Hampshire, include black-eyed Susans, daisies, fireweed, gentians, goldenrod, purple trillium, violets, and wild asters. Deer, rabbits, foxes, mink, beavers, raccoons, squirrels, and chipmunks are common throughout New Hampshire. Black bears and moose live in the northern forests. Game birds include ruffed grouse, pheasants, woodcocks, ducks, and geese. Among the many birds that nest in the state are robins, bluebirds, purple finches, sparrows, and warblers. New Hampshire's freshwater fish include brook, brown, lake, and rainbow trout; largemouth and small-mouth bass; and landlocked salmon, pickerel, perch, whitefish, and bullheads. Saltwater fish found in New Hampshire include bluefish, cod, cunner, cusk, flounder, haddock, hake, mackerel, pollock, striped bass, and tuna. The state's coastal waters have clams, lobster, oysters, and shrimp."
Quoted from World Book Encyclopedia

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers

• 917.4 & 974.2 are general NH numbers
• 580's for plants
• 590's for animals

• PLANTS
  • List of NH Native trees - from UNH Cooperative Extension services
  • NH Native Trees, shrubs and vines
  • Threatened and endangered plants and animals in NH
  • NH Heritage Office Plant and Animal tracking lists
  • Rare plants of New England
  • Center for Plant Conservation - searchable by state
  • Native NH Plant guide - from the National Wildlife Federation
  • NatureServe Explorer - an online Encyclopedia of Life
  • Plants Database - from the US Department of Agriculture
  • Tree Species Range maps - US Dept. of the Interior
  • Invasive Plant atlas of New England

• ANIMALS
  • NH Heritage Office Plant and Animal tracking lists
  • Amphibians of NH - click on NH for list
  • Checklist of amphibians
  • Endangered Animals Fact Sheets
  • eNature - online field guides
  • Butterflies and Moths of NH
  • NatureServe Explorer - an online Encyclopedia of Life
  • NH Animals - brought to you by NH public tv
  • Threatened and endangered plants and animals in NH

Keywords for searching the Catalog/OPAC

• search for your animal by general type - for example if you have the black bear, just search for bear

Magazine Articles

Use the "Primary & Middle School Resources" and select "Primary Search" and then try the keywords listed above.

EBSCOhost
Need a login & password

This also includes an online encyclopedia of animals.

Search the Encyclopedia

Try the keywords listed above in the search box.

World Book Encyclopedia On-Line Need a login & password

Grolier Online Databases need a login & password from home

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Director of Elementary Library Services, Monadnock Regional School District
email to:clesser@mrsd.org
Last revised: 2/5/07

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