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Subject: RE: maps showing types of trees
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:26:11 +0000
From: Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]>
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North America Tree Species Range Maps in shapefiles are at

http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/data/atlas/little/

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Subject: maps showing types of trees

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Subject: maps showing types of trees
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:12:00 -0500
From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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I just had a request for world or regional maps that show the various
types of trees. The closest we could find were natural vegetation maps
in atlases.  Do any of you know if such maps or GIS data exists?

Thanks,
Jim

Jim Coombs
Map Librarian
Duane G Meyer Library
Missouri State University