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Trees Worth Knowing

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A compact natural-history guide explains tree anatomy and growth—from cambium and annual rings to roots, shoots, and leaf function—then presents concise, species-focused chapters for field identification, habitat, seasonal behavior, and practical uses. Trees are organized by form and ecology (nut-bearing, water-loving, showy-flowering and fruiting species, wild orchard relatives, pod-bearing, winged-seed deciduous, cone-bearing evergreens, and palms), each entry noting distinguishing features, seed and bark characteristics, and wood properties. Numerous line and color illustrations support hands-on observation, while brief discussions link botanical detail to everyday uses and woodland management.

Laurus nobilis, 129
Lawson cypress, 273
Leaves, 4, 16-20
"Lever-wood", 86
Librocedus Decurrens, 270
Lime, Common, 72
"Lime Trees," see Lindens
Linden, American, 70
Lindens, The, 68-74
Linnaeus, xviii, 73
Liquidamber styraciflua, 97
Liriodendron tulipifera, 109
Live oak, 56
Live oak (Q. aquifolia), 64
Loblolly pine, 236
Locusts, The, 177-184
Lodge-pole pine, 245
Lombardy poplar, 77
Longleaf pine, 232

Madroña, 121
Magnolia acuminata, 107
Magnolia, Campbell's, 103
Magnolia foetida, 104
Magnolia Glauca, 105
Magnolia, Great laurel, 104
Magnolia macrophylla, 106
Magnolia, Starry, 103
Magnolia stellata, 103
Magnolia tripetala, 108
Magnolia yulan, 102
Magnolias, The, 101-111
Malus coronaria, 148
Malus ioensis, 148
Maple, "Bird's eye" and "Curly", 15
Maple, Black, 195
Maple, Dwarf, 199
Maple, Mountain, 198
Maple, Norway, 200
Maple, Oregon, 197
Maple, Red, 195
Maple, Silver, 196
Maple, Soft, 196
Maple, Striped, 198
Maple, Sugar, 194
Maple, Sycamore, 200
Maple, Vine, 197
Maple, Wier's weeping, 196
Maples, The, 193-201
Melon papaw, 169
Mesquite, 188
Mexican cottonwood, 80
Mississippi Valley chestnut oak, 54
Mockernut, 40
Mohrodendron diptera, 124
Mohrodendron tetraptera, 123
Monterey cypress, 271
Monterey pine, 241
Moose elm, 213
Morus alba, 164
Morus nigra, 165
Morus rubra, 163
Mountain ashes, 116-118
Mountain elm, 215
Mountain hemlock, 261
Mountain laurel, 120
Mountain maple, 198
Mountain pine, 224
Mountain sumach, 140
Muir, John, xvi
Mulberries, The, 163-165

Names of trees, xvii-xxiii
Nannyberry, Rusty, 115
Narrow-leaved cottonwood, 80
"Necklace-bearing" poplar, 78
Nettle tree, European, 162
Noble fir, 256
Nomenclature of trees, xvii-xxiii
Norway maple, 200
Norway pine, 246
Norway spruce, 248
Nut pines, 230-232
Nut trees, The, 28-74
Nyssa aquatica, 97
Nyssa sylvatica, 96

Oak, Basket, 55
Oak, Black, 58
Oak, Bur, 51
Oak, California white, 57
Oak, Chestnut, 53
Oak, "Iron", 52
Oak, Live, 56
Oak, Live (Q. agrifolia), 64
Oak, Mississippi Valley chestnut, 54
Oak, Pacific post, 57
Oak, Pin, 60
Oak, Post, 52
Oak, Red, 61
Oak, "Rock chestnut", 53
Oak, Scarlet, 59
Oak, Single or Laurel, 63
Oak, Swamp white, 54
Oak, White, 49
Oak, Willow, 62
Oak, "Yellow", 54
Oaks, Black, 58-65
Oaks, The, 46-65
Oaks, White, 49-58
Ohio buckeye, 67
Oilnut, 30
Old field pine, 236
One-leaved nut pine, 231
Oregon alder, 93
Oregon ash, 207
Oregon maple, 197
Oriental plane, 95
Osage orange, 99
Ostrya Knowletoni, 87
Ostrya Virginiana, 86
Oxydendrum arboreum, 122

Pacific post oak, 57
Palms, The, 280
Palo verde acacia, 190
Papaws, The, 167-170
Paper birch, 88
Parkinsonia aculeata, 191
Pecan, 38
"Pepperidge", 96
Persea Borbonia, 129
Persea gratissima, 129
Persimmons, The, 172-175
Picea Engelmanni, 250
Picea excelsa, 248
Picea Mariana, 248
Picea Parryana, 250
Picea rubens, 249
Picea Sitchensis, 251
Pie cherry, 152
Pignut, 41
Pin cherry, 153
Pin oak, 60
Pine, "Big-cone", 240
Pine, Cuban, 236
Pine, Digger, 239
Pine, Gray, 238
Pine, Jack, 238
Pine, Knob-cone, 240
Pine, Loblolly, 236
Pine, Lodge-pole, 245
Pine, Longleaf, 232
Pine, Monterey, 241
Pine, Mountain, 224
Pine, Norway, 246
Pine, Old field, 236
Pine, One-leaved nut, 231
Pine, Pitch, 237
Pine, Prickle-cone, 229
Pine, Red, 246
"Pine, Red", 258
Pine, Rocky Mountain white, 228
Pine, Rosemary, 237
Pine, Scrub, 244
Pine, Shortleaf, 235
Pine, Slash, 236
Pine, "Southern", 233
Pine, Sugar, 225
Pine, Swamp, 236
Pine, Tamarack, 245
Pine, Western pitch, 239
Pine, Western yellow, 242
Pine, White, 222
Pine, White bark, 228
Pines, "Foxtail", 229
Pines, Nut, 230-232
Pines, The, 220-247
Piñon, 230
Pinus albicaulis, 228
Pinus aristata, 229
Pinus attenuata, 240
Pinus Balfouriana, 229
Pinus Caribaea, 236
Pinus cembroides, 230
Pinus contorta, 244
Pinus Coulteri, 239
Pinus divaricata, 238
Pinus echinata, 235
Pinus edulis, 230
Pinus flexilis, 228
Pinus Lambertiana, 225
Pinus monophylla, 231
Pinus Monticola, 224
Pinus palustris, 232
Pinus ponderosa, 242
Pinus quadrifolia, 230
Pinus radiata, 241
Pinus resinosa, 246
Pinus rigida, 237
Pinus Sabiniana, 239
Pinus Strobus, 222
Pinus Taeda, 236
Pitch pine, 237
Pitch pine, Western, 239
Pitch pines, The, 232
Plane, Oriental, 95
Platanus occidentalis, 93
Platanus orientalis, 95
Plums, The, 149-152
"Pod-bearers," The, 176-192
Poison sumach, 141
Pond apples, The, 170-172
Poplar, Balsam, 79 Poplar, Black, 77
Poplar, Carolina, 78
Poplar, Lombardy, 77
Poplar, "Necklace-bearing", 78
Poplar, Silver-leaved, 76
Poplar, White, 76
Poplars, The, 75-81
Populus acuminata, 80
Populus alba, 76
Populus angustifolia, 80
Populus balsamifera, 79
Populus deltoidea, 77
Populus heterophylla, 81
Populus Mexicana, 80
Populus nigra, 77
Populus tremuloides, 78
Populus trichocarpa, 80
Post oak, 52
Prairie crab, 148
Prickle-cone pine, 229
Prickwood, 137
Prosopis pubescens, 189
Prosopis Tuliflora, 188
Prunus Americanus, 150
Prunus avium, 152
Prunus cerasus, 152
Prunus nigra, 151
Prunus Pennsylvanica, 153
Prunus pseudo-Cerasus, 152
Prunus serotina, 153
Prunus Virginiana, 154
Pseudotsuga mucronata, 258
Pussy willow, 84

Quaking asp, 78
Quercus acuminata, 54
Quercus agrifolia, 64
Quercus alba, 49
Quercus chrysolepis, 63
Quercus coccinea, 59
Quercus Garryana, 57
Quercus lobata, 57
Quercus macrocarpa, 51
Quercus Michauxii, 55
Quercus minor, 52
Quercus palustris, 60
Quercus Phellos, 62
Quercus platanoides, 54
Quercus prinus, 53
Quercus rubra, 61
Quercus velutina, 58
Quercus Virginiana, 56

Ram's horn ash, 209
Red alder, 93
Red ash, 205
Red bay, 129
Red birch, 90
Red cedar, 269
Red cedar, Eastern, 276
Red elm, 213
Red fir, 254
Red fir (A. nobilis), 256
Red haw, 157
Red juniper, 277
Red maple, 195
Red mulberry, 163
Red oak, 61
Red pine, 246
"Red pine", 258
Red plum, Wild, 150
Red spruce, 249
Redbud, 182
Redwood, 266
Retama, 191
Rhododendron, 118
Rhododendron maximum, 119
Rhus copallina, 140
Rhus glabra, 141
Rhus hirta, 138
Rhus Vernix, 141
Rings, The Annual, 12
River birch, 90
Robinia Pseudacacia, 178
Robinia viscosa, 179
"Rock chestnut" oak, 53
Rock elm, 214
Rocky Mountain white pine, 228
Rose bay, 119
Rosemary pine, 237
Rowan tree, 117
Royal palm, 280
Rubber plant, 166
Rum cherry, 153
Rusty nannyberry, 115

Salix Babylonica, 83
Salix discolor, 84
Sap, 6
Sargent, Professor, xxi Sassafras, 130
Scarlet haw, 157
Scarlet oak, 59
Scientific names, xvii Scotch elm, 216
Screw-bean, 189
Screw-pod, 189
Scrub pine, 244
Seaside alder, 92
Sequoia sempervirens, 266 Sequoia Wellingtonia, 263
Sequoias, The, 262-268
Service-berries, The, 159-160
Shad-bush, 159
Shagbark, 37
Shaw botanical garden, xiv Sheepberry, 114
Shellbark, 37
Shellbark, Big, 38
Shingle oak, 63
Shortleaf pine, 235
"Silva of North America", xxi
Silver bell trees, 123
Silver fir, 257
Silver-leaved poplar, 76
Silver maple, 196
Silver wattle, 187
Slash pine, 236
Slippery elm, 213
Small-leaved elm, 215
Smoke tree, 142
Smooth sumach, 141
Snowdrop tree, 124
"Snowdrop tree", 123
Soft maple, 196
Soft pines, 222-229
Sophora secundiflora, 192
Sorbus Americana, 116
Sorbus Aucuparia, 117
Sorbus sambucifolia, 117
Sorrel tree, 122
Sour gum, 96
Sour-wood, 122
"Southern" pine, 233
Southwestern walnut, 29
"Species plantarum", xix
Spruce, Black, 248
Spruce, Blue, 250
Spruce, Douglas, 258
Spruce, Engelmann, 250
Spruce, Norway, 248
Spruce, Red, 249
Spruce, Tideland, 251
Spruces, The, 247-251
Staghorn sumach, 138
Starch, 7
Starry magnolia, 103
Striped mapl, 198
Sugar maple, 194
Sugar pine, 225
Sumach, Black dwarf, 140
Sumach, Dwarf, 140
Sumach, Mountain, 140
Sumach, Poison, 141
Sumach, Smooth, 141
Sumach, Staghorn, 138
Sumachs, The, 137-142
Swamp bay, 105
Swamp Cottonwood, 81
Swamp pine, 236
Swamp white oak, 54
Sweet buckeye, 67
Sweet cherry, 152
Sweet gum, 97
Sweet leaf, 124
Sycamore maple, 200
Sycamores, The, 93-95
Symplocos tinctoria, 125

Tamarack pine, 245
Tamaracks, The, 277-279
"Tassel trees", 186
Taxodium distichum, 273
Texas ebony, 191
Thuya occidentalis, 268
Thuya plicata, 269
Tideland spruce,, 251
Tilia Americana, 70
Tilia heterophylla, 71
Tilia pubescens, 72
Tilia vulgaris, 72
Toxylon pomiferum, 99
Transpiration, 23
Trees, Bark of, xv, 23
Trees, Breathing of, 22
Trees, Buds of, 3, 23
Trees, Chemistry of., 5-8
Trees, Food of, 6
Trees, Growth of, 9-16
Trees, How to know the, xiv-xvi
Trees in winter, 20-27
Trees, Leaves of, 4, 16-20
Trees, Life of, 3-27
Trees, Names of, xii, xvii-xxiii
Trees, Opposite-leaved, xv
Trees, Sap of, 6
Trembling aspen, 78
Tsuga Canadensis, 260
Tsuga heterophylla, 261
Tsuga Martensiana, 231
Tulip tree, 109
"Tupelo", 96

Ulmus alata, 215
Ulmus Americana, 210
Ulmus campestris, 215
Ulmus fulva, 213
Ulmus montana, 216
Ulmus Thomasi, 214
Umbrella tree, 108

Viburnum lentago, 114
Viburnum prunifolium, 115
Viburnum rufidulum, 115
Viburnums, The, 114
Vine maple, 197
"Virgilia", 183

Wahoo, 137
"Wahoo", 215
Walnut, Black, 31
Walnut, California, 29
Walnut, English, 33
Walnut, Japanese, 33
Walnut, Southwestern, 29
Walnut, White, 30
Walnuts, The, 28-35
"Water Beech", 85
Wattles, The, 184-187
Weeping maple, Wier's, 196
Weeping willow, 83
Western dogwood, 113
Western hemlock, 261
Western juniper, 276
Western larch, 279
Western pitch pine, 239
Western service-berry, 160
Western yellow pine, 242
White ash, 202