Habitats of New Hampshire

Depending on how you count, New Hampshire is home to about 300 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians- not to mention 11,000 known species of beetles, bugs, and other insects and 3,000 species of flowering plants, ferns, fungi, algae and lichen. Learn more about biodiversity in New Hampshire here.

Habitat is simply the place where an animal lives. The needs of individual species vary, but habitats of allspecies provide the basics: food, water, cover, and space. Farms, forests, wetlands and other types of landscapes contribute to the basic needs of New Hampshire's wildlife.

Habitats of Conservation Concern in New Hampshire
The 2007 New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan identified 27 different wildlife habitats that are considered habitats of conservation concern (clinking on this link will take you to the complete list, on the NH Fish & Game website).

To learn more about how to recognize and conserve habitats of conservation concern, click on the links below:

Coming Soon - More Habitat Pages
Alpine Habitats		Caves and Mines
Cliffs		Coastal Islands
High Elevation Spruce-Fir Forests		Dunes
Salt Marshes		Pine Barrens
Rocky Ridges and Talus Slopes

• Habitats of Conservation Concern - 27 habitats identified in the NH Wildlife Action Plan (links to NH Fish & Game)
• View and print Habitat Maps of your town, region, or statewide (links to NH Fish & Game)
• New Research: Shrubland Birds, Caterpillars, and Exotic Shrubs
• NH Natural Heritage Bureau - learn more about New Hampshire's rare wildlife and plant species, including information about visiting unique habitats ("Visiting NH's Biodiversity")
• Biodiversity resources - publications about New Hampshire's biological resources
• State of NH Birds: A Conservation Guide - a new publication about birds, their habitats, and conservation
• Wildlife Viewing - Link to NH Fish & Game's "Wildlife Watching" site, to learn techniques and locations for the best wildlife viewing in the state.
  
• Publications related to Habitats