Forest Trees: A Guide to the Eastern United States provides readers with a guide based on minimal technical language and excellent photography for identification of 372 tree species–listed alphabetically–common to forests of the Eastern United States.

For each tree species, their individual form characteristics, habitat and ecology, multiple common names, similar species, derivation of the binomial name, wood uses, wildlife uses, landscape uses, and historical uses are covered.

Contents

1. Chemistry: Cupressaceae Guide
2. Pinaceae Guide
3. Aceraceae Guide
4. Anacardiaceae Guide
5. Annonaceae
6. Aquifoliaceae Guide
7. Arallaceae
8. Betulaceae Guide
9. Bignoniaceae
10. Caesalpiniaceae Guide
11. Caprifollaceae Guide
12. Cornaceae Guide
13. Cyrillaceae
14. Ebenaceae
15. Ericaceae Guide
16. Euphorbiaceae
17. Fabaceae
18. Fagaceae Guide
19. Hamamelidaceae
20. Hippocastanaceae Guide
21. Illiciaceae
22. Juglandaceae Guide
23. Lauraceae
24. Magnoliaceae Guide
25. Meliaceae
26. Mimosaceae
27. Moraceae
28. Myricaceae
29. Oleaceae Guide
30. Platanaceae
31. Rhamnaceae
32. Rosaceae Guide
33. Rubiaceae
34. Rutaceae
35. Salicaceae Guide
36. Sapotaceae
37. Scrophulariaceae
38. Simaroubaceae
39. Staphyleaceae
40. Styracaceae Guide
41. Symplocaceae
42. Theaceae
43. Ulmaceae Guide

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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