Essential habitats

Certain habitats shelter threatened or vulnerable species that depend on the preservation of their habitat for their survival.

For example:

• The Bobcat and Black Bear are wide-ranging mammals that need large unfragmented forests. To download a factsheet on Black Bear in PDF format (60 KB) click here.



• Ginseng, Common White Heart-leaved Aster and the Red-shouldered Hawk need rich, mature forests on lower slopes. To download a factsheet on birds of prey in PDF format (148 KB) click here.



• Bicknell’s Thrush needs dense forests of stunted conifers on mountain summits.



• The Spring and Northern Dusky Salamanders need crystal-clear mountain streams.



• The Wood Turtle needs gravel banks located next to brooks and rivers. To download a factsheet on Wood Turtle in PDF format (595 KB) click here.



• The Massachusetts Fern, Closed Gentian and Four-toed Salamander require undisturbed peat bogs. To download a factsheet about wetlands in PDF format (307 KB) click here.

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