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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Alternate arranged Bark base becoming beneath Black borne bracts Branch with fruits Branch with staminate Branch with winter-buds branches forming branchlets bright broad broadly calyx catkins close clusters cm long compound cones covered crown CULTIVATION NOTES dark dark green deciduous dense DISTRIBUTION drooping eastern enlarged entire fissured Florida flow forming genus gray green grows HABIT HABITAT hairs hairy lateral buds leaf leaf-scars leaflets leaves lenticels less light Linnaeus lobes margin moist narrow native nearly North America oblong ornamental tree ovate ovoid pale Pennsylvania petioles pistillate flowers planted pointed at apex Prefers Quercus raised reddish brown rich ridges rounded scales seeds sharply pointed shiny short shrubs simple situations slender slightly small tree smooth soil sometimes species spreading stalks staminate and pistillate Staminate flower STEMS stout Terminal bud thick thin toothed trunk usually wide winged yellow yellowish young