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National Wildlife Federation field guide to trees of North America / contributors, Bruce Kershner ... [and others] ; foreword by Craig Tufts.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781402738753
- ISBN: 1402738757
- Physical Description: 528 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Sterling Pub. Co., [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Front cover unfolds to a leaf identification guide with ruler. Map on inside back cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-497) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- 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 -- 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, Elderb 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 reference |
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| Subject: | Trees > North America > Identification. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Bluff - Main Library | 582.16 NATIONAL (Text) | 38420101774863 | NON-FICTION | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Aurora Library | 582.16097 NAT (Text) | 37884101635237 | Adult Non-Fiction | Checked out | 04/25/2024 |
| Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | 582.16097 NAT (Text) | 37884101635229 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | 582.16097 NAT (Text) | 37884101635104 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Cameron Public Library | NF SCIENCE 582 KER (Text) | 32311111171417 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| North Kansas City Public Library | 582.16 NATIONAL 2008 (Text) | 0001001533924 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reynolds County Library - Ellington Library | 582.16 KER (Text) | 3247100193663 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Wright County Library-Hartville | 582.16 KER (Text) | 30029100255341 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Wright County Library-Mansfield | 582.160 KER (Text) | 30030000157272 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America
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Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
There is much to like about this guide. It passed this reviewer's first test by including common, nonnative species found in parks, campuses, and street sides and increasingly naturalized elsewhere. An amazing amount of good information is packed into a portable, very attractive, inexpensive single volume. The color photography is uniformly excellent, as are the much less frequent line drawings. Most native trees have maps depicting their geographic distribution. In addition to the descriptions of 700 species, environmentalist/ecologist Kershner (deceased) and colleagues provide short essays on tree function, ecology, forests of North America, forest threats, and more. A well-illustrated glossary explains necessary terminology while omitting the more obscure botanical lingo. The guide's main drawback is that the simplified keys to finding the names of unknown trees start with leaf shape and arrangement, then move to fruit characteristics, which will prove problematic since fruit are often either not present or not accessible. This reviewer questions the need for a single book covering so much territory, when regional guides can devote more space to each species. Further, line drawings can be much better for identification than photographs. Minor criticisms aside, this work should be welcomed by naturalists, resource managers, arborists, and others who need to identify trees. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers/libraries. G. D. Dreyer Connecticut College
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