Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region |
Contents
Woody Plant Identification | 1 |
Michigan Habitats and Communities | 28 |
Introduction to Summer and Winter Keys to the Tree Genera | 50 |
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5-lobed acorn American elm apex appressed autumn borne bracts branches bud scales bundle scars calyx capsule catkins clones clusters cm in diameter cm long cm wide cones corolla crown dark green deciduous dense dioecious drupe enlarged fast-growing female flowers forests Fruit girth glabrous globose gray grayish greenish Habitat hairy hickory insect-pollinated Key Characters lateral buds leaf blades leaf scars leaflets lenticels light brown Linnaeus lobes Lower Peninsula lustrous Male flower margin Medium-sized tree mesic Michigan Big Tree Moderately shade-tolerant monoecious northern ovate ovoid paler beneath pedicels petioles pine pith planted pollinated Portion of twig pubescent racemes reddish brown ridges root rounded samaras sapwood seeds serrate sessile short short-stalked shrub small tree smooth soils species spruce stamens stems stout sugar maple swamps thick thin trunk Twigs slender Upper Peninsula usually veins whitish Wind-pollinated Winter twig Wood woody yellow birch yellowish green