Trees of Pennsylvania, the Atlantic States, and the Lake StatesTrees are the glory of the American landscape. A text of impeccable authority, drawings of matchless precision and delicacy, and fine photographs combine to make this beautiful edition an indispensable guide and valued possession. Pennsylvania, "Penn's Woods," is the meeting place of America's southern and northern tree flora: magnolia and hemlock, Spanish oak and yellow birch flourish alike. This extraordinarily complete handbook covers all trees native to the state and most naturalized species. |
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5-lobed Alternate Bark thick bluntly pointed bracts Branch with flowers Branch with fruits Branch with pistillate Branch with staminate Branch with winter-buds branches forming branchlets Branchlets slender Branchlets stout broad Buds ovoid bundle-scars calyx carpels catkins clusters cm long cm wide cones corymbs CULTIVATION NOTES cymes dark green deciduous dense DISTRIBUTION drooping drupe enlarged fissured flattened flower with scale genus gray greenish HABIT HABITAT hairy beneath inflorescences introduced species lateral buds smaller leaf leaflets leaves lenticels Linnaeus lobes narrow native North America nutlet oblong obovate ornamental tree ovary ovate pale panicles Pennsylvania petals petioles Pistillate catkins pistillate flowers planted pointed at apex Prefers rich racemes reddish brown ridges round-topped crown roundish scaly seeds sepals sharply pointed shiny short-stalked shrubs slightly hairy small tree south to Florida species stalks staminate and pistillate Staminate flower STEMS Terminal bud timber tree toothed on margin usually Vertical section yellow Young branchlets