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Title:

National Wildlife Federation field guide to trees of North America / contributors, Bruce Kershner ... [et al.] ; foreword by Craig Tufts.

Publisher:

Sterling Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

528 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Trees--North America--Identification.

Other Authors:

Kershner, Bruce.
Tufts, Craig.
National Wildlife Federation.

Notes:

Front cover unfolds to a leaf identification guide with ruler. Map on inside back cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-497) and index.

Contents:

Savannas -- The scope of this guide -- Names and classification -- Tree divisions -- How trees function -- Photosynthesis and transpiration -- Wood and bark -- Roots -- Flowers and fruits -- Twigs and buds -- Autumn color -- Ecology -- Trees and wildlife -- Habitat succession -- Disturbed habitats -- North American forests -- Map of North American forests -- Boreal forests -- Pacific Northwest forests -- Rocky Mountain forests -- Columbian forests -- California coniferous forests -- Subalpine forests and parklands -- California mixed evergreen forests -- Great Basin/Southwest forests -- Laurentian mixed forests -- Eastern deciduous forests -- Southern oak-hickory-pine forests -- Southern floodplain forests -- Southeastern coastal plains forests -- Savannas --
Ashes -- Invasive species -- Air pollution -- Climate change -- How to identify a tree -- Visual glossary -- Leaf structure -- Leaf arrangement -- Simple leaves -- Compound leaves -- Leaf shapes -- Leaf tips and bases -- Leaf margins -- Leaf undersides -- Features of twigs -- Buds -- Flowers -- Fruit -- Bark -- Nonbroadleaf trees -- Trees with needlelike leaves -- Key to trees with needlelike leaves -- Pines, Larches, Tamarack, Spruces, Firs, Douglas-firs, Hemlocks, Yews, Torreyas, Bald-cypress, Redwoods, Araucarias -- Trees with scalelike leaves -- Key to keys with scalelike leaves -- Giant Sequoia, New World Cedars, Cypresses, Junipers, Tamarisks, Casuarinas -- Trees and fire -- Cypresses -- Junipers -- Broadleaf trees -- Broadleaf trees -- Ginkgo -- Trees with opposite leaves -- Key to trees with opposite leaves -- Opposite, compound leaves -- Horse-chestnut, Buckeyes, Bladdernut, Lignum-vitae, Catalina Ironwood, Elderberrries, Ashes -- Ashes --
Sycamores and Planetrees, Sweetgum, Mulberries, Sassafras, Flannelbush, Tuliptree -- Maples, Catalpas, Desert-willow, Mangroves, Swampprivets, Devilwood, Fringetree, Buttonbush, Fevertree, Silktassel, Dogwoods, Viburnums -- Maples -- Trees with alternate, compound leaves -- Key to trees with alternate, compound leaves -- Thorny or prickly trees -- Hardy Orange, Pricklyashes, Devil's Walkingstick, Honeylocusts, Locusts, Desert Ironwood, Jerusalem-thorn, Paloverdes, Acacias, Mesquites -- Trees without thorns -- Walnuts, Hickories, Hoptrees, Mountain-ashes, Sumacs, Poisontree, Gumbo Limbo, Soapberries, Mahogany, Yellowwood, Coffeetree -- Walnuts and hickories -- Trees with alternate, simple leaves -- Key to trees with alternate, simple leaves -- Lobed leaves -- Sycamores and Planetrees, Sweetgum, Mulberries, Sassafras, Flannelbush, Tuliptree --
Species index. Magnolias, Pawpaw, Osage-orange, Figs, Seagrape, Bays, Dogwoods, Tupelos, Titis, Sweetleaf, Sumacs, Smoketrees, Bullies, Persimmons, Farkleberry, Madrones, Manzanitas, Mountain-laurel, Rhododendrons, Silverbells, Snowbells, Redbuds -- Magnolias and tuliptree -- Unlobed, mostly toothed leaves -- Bayberries, Buckthorns, Witch-hazel, Mountain-mahoganies, Cherries, Plums, Crabapples, Serviceberries, Hawthorns, Hollies, Hackberries, Elms, Basswoods, Willows, Populars, Cottonwoods, Aspens, Hornbeams, Birches, Alders, Beeches, Chestnuts, Chinkapins, Tanoak -- What's in a tree name? -- Rose family -- Hollies -- Elms, Hackberries, and Kin -- Willows -- Poplars, Cottonwoods, and Aspens -- Birches, Alders, and Kin -- Beech family -- Oaks -- Key to oaks -- Other trees -- Palms, Yuccas, and Cacti -- Palms -- Yuccas -- Cacti -- Appendices -- Tree families -- Tree silhouettes -- Arboreta and botanical gardens -- Resources and references -- Photo credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Species index.

ISBN:

1402738757 (pbk.)
9781402738753 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)174138902

LCCN:

2007042124

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