Perhaps no image invokes the Berkshire Taconic Landscape more

strongly than the brilliant colors that splash across our majestic hills

and valleys each fall. Those streaks of color appear because we have

so many trees. In fact, in virtually every setting, from the swamps

along the oxbows of the Housatonic River to the summits of the

Taconic mountains, the dominant vegetation of our landscape is trees.

But why are trees here? Why did trees grow in New England and New

York, while grasses coat Oklahoma, shrubs cover the tundra, and cacti

• Trees turn carbon dioxide into oxygen that helps us breathe and reduces air pollution.

• Trees also filter lots of other chemicals from our air and purify it making the air healthier for us to breathe.

• They also provide shelter from the sun, block wind and noise, provide a habitat for wildlife, smell good, create beauty and prevent erosion.

• They also clean the air by stopping a lot of flying dust particles etc from flying.

Trees help supply oxygen and refresh the air we breathe by utilizing

carbon dioxide produced when we exhale and burn fossil fuels. Trees

This remarkable adaptability is one reason trees are found all over the

With an increasing awareness of the problems of over-exposure to the

calamity, the period (1300-1396) was shown to be one of extreme

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