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Native trees of the Midwest : identification, wildlife values, and landscaping use

Title
Native trees of the Midwest : identification, wildlife values, and landscaping use / Sally S. Weeks, Harmon P. Weeks, Jr., George R. Parker.
Author
Weeks, Sally S., 1956-
Publication
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Weeks, Harmon P., Jr., 1944-
  • Parker, George R.
Description
vii, 325 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color); 26 cm
Summary
"Native Trees of the Midwest gives detailed descriptions and unique insights into identifying all the trees native to Indiana and most of those in the surrounding states. Descriptive text gives invaluable hints on how to identify species in any season and is supported with color photographs of all important characteristics. It encapsulates the authors' combined experience of more than 50 years in teaching students how to identify woody plants."--BOOK JACKET.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-322) and index.
Contents
Conifers -- Evergreens : pines, hemlock, white-cedar, redcedar -- Deciduous : larch, bald cypress -- Hardwoods -- Opposite branching, simple leaves : maple, privet, dogwood -- Opposite branching, compound leaves : ash, boxelder, buckeye -- Whorled branching : catalpa -- Alternate branching, simple leaves : oak, beech, chestnut, cottonwood, aspen, willow, hophornbeam, hornbeam, birch, sassafras, elm, hackberry, mulberry, magnolia, tulip, pawpaw, sweetgum, sycamore, crabapple, cherry, plum, serviceberry, hawthorn, redbud, basswood, blackgum, sourwood, persimmon -- Alternate branching, compound leaves : devils-walkingstick, hickory, walnut, locust, yellowwood, coffeetree -- Alternate branching, evergreen leaves : holly.
ISBN
1557532990
LCCN
2005002889
OCLC
  • ocm57594119
  • SCSB-5226818
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries