Table of Contents
Preface First edition 7
Preface Third edition 8
Acknowledgments 9
The Wild Southeast 11
Habitats 17
Bedrock geology 19
Glacial history 22
Succession, habitats 24
Succession on glacial till 31
Old growth 42
High country 53
Streams, rivers, and lakes 60
Marshes and wet meadows 69
Peatlands 74
Salt marshes 80
Rocky intertidal 85
Mammals 91
Terrestrial mammals 92
Brown and black bears 101
The weasel family 107
Sitka black-tailed deer 112
Beavers, porkies, marmots 116
Red squirrels 119
Shrews, mice, and voles 122
Marine mammals 126
Birds 137
Important Bird Areas 140
Bird habitats 143
Bird sounds 145
Winter adaptations 148
Canada geese 149
Sea ducks 151
Ptarmigan 155
Bald eagles 157
Harriers, short-eared owls 159
Shorebirds 162
Murrelets 164
Rufous hummingbirds 166
Steller's jays 168
American dippers 171
Amphibians 175
Ranges and habitats 175
Western toads 179
Spotted and wood frogs 181
Rough-skinned newts 182
Fish 183
Dolly Varden char 188
Cutthroat trout 191
Coho salmon 192
Threespine sticklebacks 196
Sculpins 198
Pacific sand lance 199
Invertebrates 203
Mussels 207
Clams 209
Acorn barnacles 214
Dragons and damsels 217
Caddisflies 218
Butterflies 220
Pseudoscorpions 223
Fungi and lichens 225
Forest mushrooms 226
Fly agarics 229
Splash cups 230
Slime molds 232
Lichens 234
Beard- and witch's hair lichens 237
Plants 239
Mosses 243
Alpine adaptations 246
Plant dispersal 249
Ferns 253
Yellow skunk cabbage 254
Orchid strategies 256
Dwarf mistletoe 258
Fern-leaved goldthread 261
Poisonous plants 262
Carnivorous plants 263
Devil's club 265
Bunchberry 267
Blueberries 268
Afterword 271
Common and scientific names 275
Bibliography 283
Index 295
About the authors 309