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Deciduous ( falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle)

Conifers (one of various types of evergreen tree which produce fruit in the form of cones)

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ALDER

   Alder:  (Deciduous) alder wood is sometimes used to make eating implements, for smoking meats, and building fires. The outer bark provided orange-red dye and the inner bark has in the past sometimes been eaten.  

 White Birch

 White Birch: (Deciduous) The most common use for this tree is for canoe making. Other uses for Birch Bark is collecting, storing, cooking, and comsuming of food or other products. Birch Bark is waterproof, pliable and rot resistant.

 IMPORTANT: Removing bark from a living tree threatens the health of a tree. If the inner bark is damaged you can kill the tree. Harming the tree for only its bark is not advised. One can harvest bark from trees that are already fallen.

Spruce Gum

Spruce Gum: Spurce gum is wildely used to seal the seams within a Birchbark Canoe to help it become watertight. The gum can be found oozing from the outside the bark and is easy to harvest by scraping it from the side of the tree.

Worlds oldest RED SPURCE found on Fundy Coast  http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/10/20/spruce-old051020.html

 Soon to be added "Eastern White Cedar" publication.