Nantucket Forests
The Nantucket forests have an unusual history. Continual salt saturated wind and nutrient poor soils set severe limits upon tree growth and the wood products that might be accessed by both indigenous peoples and colonial settlers.
Read more about Nantucket Forests: Short Trees and Short Timbers, Wampanoag - Canoes, Long House, The Forest, See Also
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