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Black maples can tower to eighty-five feet. Artisans craft fine musical instruments from the wood of native red spruces. And in autumn, the leaves of sugar maples turn brilliant orange-gloriously coloring Penn's Woods. The naturalist, forester, or weekend observer will discover all this and more in Trees of Pennsylvania. Written by botanists at the Morris Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible field and natural history guide to the state's tree life. Ann Rhoads and Timothy Block cover all of Pennsylvania's 195 trees, both native and naturalized. Each species is described in a concise, tabular format that includes the characteristics of leaves, branches, bark, flowers, and fruits. The authors discuss flowering and fruiting time, autumn leaf color, and the size of the largest specimen recorded within the state. Rhoads and Block further provide valuable historical, ecological, and economic information on each tree species, including how Pennsylvania's trees were used by Native Americans and early European settlers. This fully illustrated, user-friendly volume contains a combination of line drawings by botanical artist Anna Anisko, color photographs, range maps, and identification keys so readers will be able accurately to identify each tree species. It also offers useful information on the biology of trees, the history of Pennsylvania's many forests, and important lists of the endangered, threatened, and rare trees within the state. This is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in Pennsylvania's natural history and tree life.

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Author:   Ann Fowler Rhoads ,  Timothy A. Block ,  Anna Anisko
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.229kg
ISBN:  

9780812237856

ISBN 10:   0812237854
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   14 December 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. What is a Tree? Growth -Wood -Bark -Growth patterns -Short shoots and long shoots -Juvenility Leaves -Fall leaf color Roots -Root partners Flowers, fruits, and seeds -Conifers Angiosperms Pollination --Seed dispersal Clonal growth Chapter 2. Pennsylvania's Forest Heritage A brief history of Penn's Woods Cutting down the trees -Early lumbering -The Great Clearcut The forest today Too many deer Impact of pests and diseases Native versus introduced species Rare species Forest succession Major forest types The value of trees Chapter 3. Descriptions, Illustrations, and Distribution Maps Alder - Apple - Aralia - Arbor-vitae - Ash - Atlantic white-cedar - Basswood - Beebee tree - Beech - Birch - Blackgum - Blackhaw - Bladdernut - Buckeye - Catalpa - Cherry - Chestnut - Chinese toon-tree - Corktree - Crabapple - Dogwood - Douglas-fir - Elm - Empress-tree - Fir - Fringetree - Ginkgo - Golden rain-tree - Hackberry - Hawthorn - Hemlock - Hickory - Holly - Honey-locust - Hoptree - Hop-hornbeam - Hornbeam - Juniper - Katsura-tree - Kentucky coffee-tree - Larch - Locust - Magnolia - Maple - Mimosa - Mountain-ash - Mulberry - Oak - Osage-orange - Pagoda-tree - Paper-mulberry - Pawpaw - Pear - Persimmon - Photinia - Pine - Plum - Poplar - Prickly-ash - Redbud - Sapphire-berry - Sassafras - Shadbush - Silverbell - Snowbell - Sourwood - Spruce - Sumac - Sweetgum - Sycamore - Tree-of-heaven - Tuliptree - Walnut - Willow - Witch-hazell Chapter 4. How to identify trees Identification Keys Glossary Appendix Tree Lists Native Trees that are Important Food Sources for Moths and Butterflies Small to Moderate-size Native Trees with Conspicuous Flowers Native Trees with Edible Fruits Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Trees of Pennsylvania Native Early Successional Trees (sun-loving) Native Trees of Riparian Forests Native Wetland Trees Trees that are at or Near the Southern Limit of their Natural Range in Pennsylvania Trees that are at or Near the Northern Limit of their Natural Range in Pennsylvania Trees that are at or Near the Eastern Limit of their Natural Range in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Trees Listed by Family Index

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Authoritative and accessible. --Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Authoritative and accessible. -Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Author Information

At the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Ann Rhoads is Senior Scientist of the Pennsylvania Flora Project, Timothy Block is Director of Botany, and Anna Anisko is Botanical Illustrator. They have also collaborated on The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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