The  tamarack  does  not  enter  largely  into  the  flora  of  New  Hampshire,
being  chiefly  lound  in  swamps  of  small  extent,  and  ranges  along  the
highlands  from  Massachusetts  to  north  of  the  White  Mountains.  The
red  cedar  is  chiefly  limited  to  the  sea-shore.  The  juniper  is  sometimes
troublesome  by  overspreading  hilly  pastures.  The  American  yew  is
often  present  in  cold-land  swamps.
The  maples  are  best  represented  among  deciduous  trees.    The  river


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maple  is  most  limited  in  range,  being  confined  to  intervals  of  the  prin-
cipal streams,  and  rarely  far  away  from  them.  The  red  maple  is  com-
mon in  all  parts  of  the  State,  and  the  sugar-maple  is  abundant,  filling
an  important  part  in  the  economy  of  the  State,  supplying  both  timber
and  sugar.  It  is  common  in  most  parts,  but  less  toward  the  sea-coast.
This  with  the  beech  makes  up  the  greater  part  of  the  hard  woods  of  Coos
County.  Southward  the  beech  is  common  on  high  lands  only,  often
growing  with  spruce  and  hemlock.
Four  species  of  birch  are  common,  of  which  the  black,  yellow,  and
canoe  birches  have  about  the  same  range  as  the  red  maple.  The  canoe
or  paper  birch  grows  high  up  the  sides  of  mountains.  The  fourth  and
smallest,  the  white  birch,  is  most  abundant  in  the  southeast  part  of  the
State,  affording  the  "  gray-birch  hoop-poles"  used  in  the  manufacture
of  fish -barrels.
