Forest Trees
A Guide to the Eastern United States
Published on 8. November 2005
Book
Hardback
560 pages
978-0-13-113894-0 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Dendrology, ForestBiology, Field Biology, and Field Botany.
This unique book provides students with a guide based on minimal technical language and excellent photography for identification of 372 tree species-listed alphabetically-common to forests of the Eastern United States. For each tree species, their individual form characteristics, habitat and ecology, multiple common names, similar species, derivation of the binomial name, wood uses, wildlife uses, landscape uses, and historical uses are covered.
This unique book provides students with a guide based on minimal technical language and excellent photography for identification of 372 tree species-listed alphabetically-common to forests of the Eastern United States. For each tree species, their individual form characteristics, habitat and ecology, multiple common names, similar species, derivation of the binomial name, wood uses, wildlife uses, landscape uses, and historical uses are covered.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1134 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-113894-0 (9780131138940)
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Content
GUIDE TO THE GYMNOSPERM FAMILIES.
Cupressaceae Guide.
Pinaceae Guide.
GUIDE TO THE ANGIOSPERM FAMILIES.
Aceraceae Guide.
Anacardiaceae Guide.
Annonaceae.
Aquifoliaceae Guide.
Arallaceae.
Betulaceae Guide.
Bignoniaceae.
Caesalpiniaceae Guide.
Caprifollaceae Guide.
Cornaceae Guide.
Cyrillaceae.
Ebenaceae.
Ericaceae Guide.
Euphorbiaceae.
Fabaceae.
Fagaceae Guide.
Hamamelidaceae.
Hippocastanaceae Guide.
Illiciaceae.
Juglandaceae Guide.
Lauraceae.
Magnoliaceae Guide.
Meliaceae.
Mimosaceae.
Moraceae.
Myricaceae.
Oleaceae Guide.
Platanaceae.
Rhamnaceae.
Rosaceae Guide.
Rubiaceae.
Rutaceae.
Salicaceae Guide.
Sapotaceae.
Scrophulariaceae.
Simaroubaceae.
Staphyleaceae.
Styracaceae Guide.
Symplocaceae.
Theaceae.
Ulmaceae Guide.
GLOSSARY.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
INDEX.