THE ENDFORESTS COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE PROVINCE, AND CONIFEROUS TREES COMMONLY FOUND IN NORTHERN TEMPERATE CLIMATES—SUCH AS BALSAM FIR, RED AND BLACK SPRUCE, PINE, AND HEMLOCK—CONSTITUTE THE PRINCIPAL GROWTH. DECIDUOUS STANDS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIVER VALLEYS, CONSIST OF SUGAR AND RED MAPLE, TREMBLING ASPEN, AND YELLOW AND WHITE BIRCH. WILD BLUEBERRIES AND CRANBERRIES ARE FOUND COMMONLY ON THIN SOILS, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWESTERN AREAS. THE FORESTS SUPPORT SUBSTANTIAL HERDS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER, MOOSE, AND SMALL ANIMALS SUCH AS PORCUPINES AND RACCOONS. THE RIVERS AND COASTS LIE IN THE EASTERN FLYWAY OF NUMEROUS MIGRATING BIRDS, BEST SEEN IN EARLY TO MID-SPRING AND LATE SUMMER.
