Wood species vary from one geographic region to another, since farmers and dairymen used the forests around them to make their barns and silos.

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The site is a feeding and resting area for 12.5 percent (1, 500-2, 000 birds) of the Florida population of wood storks, an endangered species.

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Even more expensive is wood from chestnut, a once ubiquitous species that ceased to be a source of timber not long after chestnut blight arrived on this continent around 1890.

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Forests are a good example: they provide not merely wood, but also water storage, habitat for many species and regulation of climate.

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The 352 hectares (870 acres) of woodland is said to be home to not only protected species such as the dormouse, but 75 species of birds, 23 species of native butterflies, the wild daffodil, wood anemone and enchanters' nightshade.

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At the same time, community plantations with fast-growing tree species for use as fuelwood are being introduced, as well as 10 000 efficient wood-burning stoves.

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