A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North AmericaOne of two genuine classics of American nature writing now in paperback; the other is A Natural History of Western Trees. |
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American anthers autumn axils Balsam Poplar Bark thin Birch Black Black Locust Blades bloom branches bright broad Bur Oak calyx Carolina carpels catkins Cedar central Cherry chestnut-brown clusters Crataegus cubic foot dark brown dark green deciduous DESCRIPTION downy drooping drupe dry weight dull eastern female flowers foliage forest fruit gray grows Hawthorn heartwood Hickory Illinois inches wide Indians leaf scars leaflets leafstalks leaves lenticels light brown Linnæus OTHER NAMES lobes Locust lumber Maple Michaux midrib Mississippi Missouri mountains nearly North northern nutlets orange ovary paler papery Persimmon petals pioneer plant pounds RANGE red-brown reddish brown Rhododendron ridges sapwood Sassafras scales scaly seeds sepals shining shiny smooth soft sometimes southeastern southern Appalachians species spring Spruce stalks stamens stout sugar Sugar Maple sweet Texas timber tinged with red tough tree trunk Twigs slender usually Virginia western White Oak White Pine Willow wings Winter buds wood yellow yellow-green