The forests of New England

For the holidays, I visited my mother in Connecticut and my father in New Hampshire.  New England is where I grew up.  Now I live not far from New England, but it seems a little different here.  The forest I saw on my trip looked more like home than the forests I see here.  The forests of home are a mix of evergreen and deciduous trees.   They are hilly, and full of boulders.  Forest floors are covered with pine needles and oak leaves.