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Support native wildlife: grow trees

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Writing for the Maine Gardener Tom Atwell describes the five keystone tree species that best support native wildlife in New England. As Tom recounts in his article:

Those five keystone species are oaks, which support more than 500 species of butterflies and moths; willows, cherries and birches, more than 400 each; and poplars, more than 300.

You can read the entire article at the MAINE GARDENER

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