National Wildlife Federation field guide to trees of North America /
Presents a reference guide to over seven hundred species of trees, providing introductory essays along with individual entries on habitat, range, and descriptions of leaves, fruits, and flowers.
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New York :
Sterling Pub. Co.,
c2008.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
- Threats to trees and forests
- 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.
- Opposite, simple leaves
- 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.
- Unlobed, mostly untoothed leaves
- 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.