A Field Guide to Western Trees

by Peterson, Roger Tory

• ISBN13: 9780395904541
• ISBN10: 0395904544
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-25
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

This newly designed field guide features detailed descriptions of 387 species, arranged in six major groups by visual similarity. The 47 color plates and 5 text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 295 color range maps accompany the species descriptions.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note	vii	(2)
Preface	ix
How to Use This Book	1	(17)
Illustrated Plan of the Six Main Sections	18-19	(1)
PLATES	21	(96)
SPECIES ACCOUNTS	117	(274)
1. Trees with Needlelike or Scalelike Leaves, Mostly Evergreen (Plates 1-10)	119	(68)
Conifers with Clustered Needles	120	(25)
Conifers with Single Needles in Woody Pegs	145	(22)
Conifers with Small Scalelike Leaves	167	(20)
II. Broad-leaved Trees with Opposite Compound Leaves (Plates 11-14)	187	(18)
III. Broad-leaved Trees with Opposite Simple Leaves (Plates 15-17)	205	(14)
IV. Broad-leaved Trees with Alternate Compound Leaves (Plates 18-25)	219	(39)
Trees with Thorns	220	(16)
Trees Thornless and Leaves Once-compound	236	(18)
Leaflets Toothed	236	(8)
Leaflets Not Toothed	244	(10)
Thornless Southwestern Trees with Alternate Leaves Twice-compound	254	(4)
V. Broad-leaved Trees with Alternate Simple Leaves (Plates 26-46)	258	(118)
Leafless Desert Trees with Twigs Spine-tipped	258	(5)
Trees with Side Thorns	263	(10)
Thornless Trees	273	(103)
Leaves Fan-lobed	273	(6)
Leaves Fan-veined	279	(14)
Leaves Feather-veined:	293	(43)
Leaves Double-toothed	336	(16)
Leaf Teeth Single or Lacking	352	(24)
VI. Palms, Cacti, and Yuccas (Plate 47)	376	(15)
Appendix A: Key to Trees in Leafless Condition	391	(7)
Appendix B: Plant Relationships	398	(4)
Glossary	402	(6)
References	408	(4)
Photo Credits	412	(2)
Index	414

Excerpts

TWO-NEEDLE PINYON Pinus edulis Engelm. Pl. 1 A short, round-topped, arid-zone tree mainly of the s. Rockies. Needles 2 per cluster, 3?42 in. long, dark green, sharp but not spiny. Cones short, 12 in. long, somewhat spherical, with thick, blunt, thornless scales and 2 wingless half-inch nuts per scale. Height 1520 (50) ft.; diameter 12 (3) ft. Dry sites. Similar species: See Lodgepole Pine. Remarks: Like the other nut pines (see Singleleaf Pinyon), the fruits are eagerly sought by wildlife and humans alike. Reported to be the most common tree in N.M. A single- needle population is reported to occur in cen. Ariz. Resin from trunk wounds is said to have been used by Native Americans to waterproof woven bottles and to cement turquoise jewelry.

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