Research Catalog

Title

Forests : a naturalist's guide to woodland trees / Laurence C. Walker.

Author

Walker, Laurence C., 1924-

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

xiii, 288 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

First published in 1990, Forests explores the ecological, economic, and human influences on over thirty significant types of woodlands. Laurence Walker focuses especially on the effects of site factors - climate, physiography, biology, and soils - upon the growth of various kinds of trees. Projects for amateur naturalists, reading lists, and a glossary make this the perfect introduction for general readers.

Subjects

• Trees > United States
• Forest ecology > United States

Note

• Originally published: New York : Wiley, c1990, in series: Wiley Nature editions.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272) and index.

Contents

• 1. The Changing Forest -- 2. Westward Wood: Douglas-fir -- 3. Dwarf and Giant: Longleaf Pine -- 4. Tall Timbers: Coast Redwood -- 5. Murky Bottom and Droughty Land: Loblolly Pine -- 6. Ancient Wonders: Bristlecone Pine -- 7. Redcedar Riddle: Eastern Redcedar -- 8. Enduring Giants: Giant Sequoia -- 9. Up from the Ashes: Sand, Pond, Pitch, Jack, and Lodgepole Pines -- 10. Mountain Heights to Low Bogs: Spruce and Fir Trees -- 11. Trees on the Range: Junipers and Pinyon Pine -- 12. Swamp Dweller: Baldcypress -- 13. Timber for a King: Eastern White Pine -- 14. From Monterey to the World: Monterey Pine -- 15. Woods of Longevity: White-Cedars and Junipers -- 16. Pioneer Plant for Paper Pulp: Virginia Pine -- 17. Krummholz and Elfinwood: Subalpine Fir -- 18. Sandhills and Flatwoods: Slash Pine -- 19. Lost Bonanza: American Chestnut -- 20. Oranges That Are Apples: Osage-Orange -- 21. Cinderella Cellulose: Trembling Aspen -- 22. Living Riprap: Willows --
• 23. Toxic Defense: Black Walnut -- 24. From Cotton to Cottonwood: Cottonwood -- 25. Species Proliferation: The Oaks -- 26. Tree Legume: Black Locust -- 27. Ship Timbers: Live Oak -- 28. Stink-Bomb Tree: Ginkgo -- 29. Forests to Fine Furniture: The Northern Hardwoods -- 30. Tropical Hardwoods: The Dipterocarps -- 31. Low-Mountain Shrubs: Chaparral -- 32. Tree-Like Monocots: Bamboos and Palms -- Forests for the Future.

ISBN

0292791127 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96034535

OCLC

ocm35285377

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries