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The Ecological Pine Barrens of New Jersey: An Ecosystem Threatened by Fragmentation
Howard P. Boyd

Plexus Publishing, Inc., 2008

In his fourth book about the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Howard P. Boyd presents a fascinating study of the natural forces that created this unique ecosystem and a timely review of human development in the region. Following a concise introduction to Pine Barrens ecology, Boyd delves into distinctive abiotic factors (physical processes and characteristics such as geological evolution, soils, climate, water, and wildfires) and biotic factors ...

A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey : Its Flora Fauna Ecology and Historic Sites

1 review
Howard P. Boyd

Plexus Publishing (NJ), 1991

Everything You Ever Wanted to know about the Pine Barrens
A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey could easily be called "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Jersey Pines". Part history lesson, part field guide, it covers its past and present in quite some detail. Its an amateur naturalist's dream, and an outstanding resource for native New Jersyites who want to know a bit more about this uniquie wilderness area. The book can be divided ...

Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape
Richard T. T. Forman

Rutgers University Press, 1998

Pine Barrens Legends, Lore and Lies
William McMahon

Middle Atlantic Press, 1987

The New Jersey Pine Barrens is a legendary place with a fascinating history, rich in mystery, adventure, and romance. Across its great green canvas flash pirates and plunder, patriots and villains, boom towns and ghost towns, brawling millworkers and firebreathing preachers, witches, wizards and, of course, the Jersey Devil. Today, all that remains of the colonial settlements and once-thriving, boisterous mill towns are occasional bits of ...

Wildflowers of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Howard P. Boyd

Plexus Publishing (UK), 2001

The majestic area of New Jersey known as the pine barrens is a vast natural area acknowledged worldwide for its unique flora. In this guide, Howard P. Boyd offers readers 150 detailed descriptions along with 130 color photographs of the most commonly seen pine barrens wild flower species. Avoiding highly technical language and terminology, Boyd makes it easy for anyone to identify and appreciate these natural beauties of the New Jersey ...

Paddling the Jersey Pine Barrens, 6th

3 reviews
Robert Parnes

Falcon, 2002

A Long Awaited Revision
This is a revision to the classic "Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens" originally published by the same author through Globe Pequot Press. Although the fast paced development of this NJ area makes a guide such as this very difficult to keep updated and current, this was a much needed revision to the original canoeing guides. The history, obstacles, maps & charts, launch & rental sites, ...

The Pine Barrens

24 reviews
John McPhee

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978

Another Treasure from McPhee
This time John McPhee turns his hand to one of those anomalous natural treasures that has survived in spite of intense urbanization. The Pine Barrens are two-thirds of a million acres-an area the size of Yosemite that sit beside a major artery of the most developed region in the country. With the New Jersey Turnpike to the west and bustling, chintzy Atlantic City to the East, it's hard ...

Seasons of the Pines: A Photographic Tour of the New Jersey Pine Barrens

2 reviews
Bob Birdsall

Island Publishing, 2004

Magnificent Photography
The images in this book are breathtaking. It's a real treat to thumb through this book. If you are a fan of nature photography, you will want this book; and if you are not a fan of nature photography, this book will turn you into one!

Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens

3 reviews
Robert Parnes

Globe Pequot, 1999

Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens
My husband loves to kyack through the Pine Barrens. This book gave him more information about where to go and what to look for. He loved it.

A Pine Barrens Odyssey: A Naturalist's Year in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Howard P. Boyd

Plexus Publishing (NJ), 1997

A Pine Barrens Odyssey is a detailed perspective of the seasons in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Meant as a companion to Howard P. Boyd's previous title A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens, it continues the comprehensive look at this natural region in New Jersey. A Pine Barrens Odyssey includes descriptions of plant and animal life along with coordinating illustrations, but is primarily focused on the chronology of the natural features of ...

A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Michael D. Geller

Rutgers University Press, 2002

Chaseworld: Foxhunting and Storytelling in New Jersey's Pine Barrens (Publications of the American Folklore ...

1 review
Mary T. Hufford

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992

A must-read for American folklore fans
I read this book for a class in American folklore at George Mason University. Chaseworld is beautifully written, and deftly paints a bucolic scene of fox hunting in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. The foxes are chased, but not caught, as both the men and hounds only want to have fun chasing the foxes. If you are interested in quaint American traditions that are disappearing as you are reading this, ...

Ghost Towns And Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens

1 review
Barbara Solem-Stull

Plexus Publishing, Inc., 2005

THE book on Pine Barrens ghost towns
This book replaces all previous books as THE authoritative guide to locating ghost towns in the Pine Barrens of NJ. Not only does Solem-Stull give you a brief history of vanished towns, she also tells you in detail how to visit each site in person. This is not an easy task regarding certain ghosts buried deep in the barrens, but she's not scared off by remoteness and assumes the traveler will ...

Community Dynamics of Small Mammals in Mature and Logged Atlantic White Cedar Swamps of the New Jersey Pine ...
Lyda J Craig

University of the State of New York, State Education Dept, 1993

Blackbeard the Pirate and Other Stories of the Pine Barrens
Larona C. Homer

Middle Atlantic Press, 1979

Short stories set in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, featuring both real people and legendary figures who were connected with the area.

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