The Illustrated Book of Trees

by Grimm, William Carey; Kartesz, John

• ISBN13: 9780811728119
• ISBN10: 0811728110
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK

Summary

William Carey Grimm's classic Illustrated Book of Trees has been the authority on eastern North American tree identification for over 40 years. Now available in a completely updated edition, this book includes recently introduced species and incorporates changes in taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic range, with distinguishing characteristics and similar-species comparisons for quick and accurate identification. Readers will be able to easily identify a species by observing the leaves, flowers, and fruits of a tree in summer or its twigs, buds, and bark in winter. Written in a straightforward, nonscientific language for beginning botanists of any age. A glossary of terms & a complete index are included.

Completely revised and updated

More than 30 new species described and illustrated

Table of Contents

The Study of Trees	1	(1)
How Trees Grow	2	(3)
Tree Identification	5	(80)
Key Based on Summer Characteristics	21	(11)
Key Based on Winter Characteristics	32	(53)
Distribution of Trees in Eastern North America	85	(3)
Scientific Names and Their Meaning	88	(9)
Generic Names	90	(3)
Specific Names	93	(4)
Species of Trees
Ginkgo Family	97	(3)
The Maidenhair-tree	97	(3)
Maidenhair-tree	97	(3)
Pine Family	100	(51)
The Balsam Firs	100	(3)
Balsam Fir	100	(3)
Fraser Fir	103	(1)
The Hemlocks	103	(5)
Eastern Hemlock	104	(2)
Carolina Hemlock	106	(2)
The Larches	108	(2)
American Larch	108	(2)
The Spruces	110	(10)
Norway Spruce	111	(2)
Red Spruce	113	(3)
Black Spruce	116	(2)
White Spruce	118	(2)
The Pines	120	(31)
Eastern White Pine	120	(3)
Red Pine	123	(1)
Austrian Pine	124	(2)
Scotch Pine	126	(2)
Long-leaf Pine	128	(2)
Slash Pine	130	(2)
Loblolly Pine	132	(2)
Pond Pine	134	(2)
Pitch Pine	136	(2)
Jack Pine	138	(3)
Virginia Pine	141	(2)
Short-leaf Pine	143	(3)
Spruce Pine	146	(2)
Sand Pine	148	(1)
Table Mountain Pine	148	(3)
Cypress Family	151	(11)
The Bald-Cypress and the Pond-Cypress	151	(3)
Bald-Cypress	151	(2)
Pond-Cypress	153	(1)
The Atlantic White-Cedar	154	(3)
Atlantic White-Cedar	154	(3)
The Northern White-Cedar	157	(2)
Northern White-Cedar	157	(2)
The Red-Cedars	159	(3)
Eastern Red-Cedar	159	(2)
Southern Red-Cedar	161	(1)
Yew Family	162	(3)
The Florida-Nutmeg	162	(3)
Florida-Nutmeg	162	(3)
Magnolia Family	165	(18)
The Magnolias	165	(14)
Cucumber-Tree	165	(3)
Southern Magnolia	168	(2)
Sweet-Bay	170	(2)
Umbrella Magnolia	172	(2)
Fraser Magnolia	174	(2)
Pyramid Magnolia	176	(2)
Big-leaf Magnolia	178	(1)
Ashe Magnolia	179	(1)
The Tuliptree	179	(4)
Tuliptree	179	(4)
Custard-Apple Family	183	(3)
The Pawpaw	183	(3)
Common Pawpaw	183	(3)
Laurel Family	186	(8)
The Sassafras	186	(3)
Sassafras	186	(3)
The Camphortree	189	(2)
Camphortree	189	(2)
The Bays	191	(3)
Red Bay	191	(1)
Swamp Bay	191	(3)
Planetree Family	194	(4)
The Sycamores and the Planetrees	194	(4)
American Sycamore	194	(3)
London Planetree	197	(1)
Witch-Hazel Family	198	(6)
The Sweet-Gum	198	(3)
Sweet-Gum	198	(3)
The Witch-Hazels	201	(3)
American Witch-Hazel	201	(3)
Elm Family	204	(18)
The Elms	204	(10)
American Elm	205	(2)
Rock Elm	207	(2)
Slippery Elm	209	(1)
Winged Elm	210	(2)
Cedar Elm	212	(1)
September Elm	213	(1)
The Planertree	214	(2)
Planertree	214	(2)
The Hackberries	216	(6)
Sugar-berry	217	(2)
Common Hackberry	219	(2)
Georgia Hackberry	221	(1)
Mulberry Family	222	(9)
The Osage-Orange	222	(2)
Osage-Orange	222	(2)
The Paper-Mulberry	224	(3)
Paper-Mulberry	224	(3)
The Mulberries	227	(4)
Red Mulberry	227	(2)
White Mulberry	229	(2)
Corkwood Family	231	(2)
The Corkwood	231	(2)
Corkwood	231	(2)
Walnut Family	233	(26)
The Walnuts	233	(5)
Butternut	233	(3)
Black Walnut	236	(2)
The Hickories	238	(21)
Pecan	239	(3)
Water Hickory	242	(2)
Bitter-nut Hickory	244	(2)
Nutmeg Hickory	246	(1)
Shag-bark Hickory	247	(2)
Southern Shag-bark Hickory	249	(1)
Shell-bark Hickory	249	(3)
Mockernut Hickory	252	(2)
Sand Hickory	254	(1)
Pignut Hickory	255	(2)
Red Hickory	257	(1)
Black Hickory	258	(1)
Bayberry Family	259	(3)
The Bayberries	259	(3)
Southern Bayberry	259	(3)
Beech Family	262	(80)
The Beeches	262	(2)
American Beech	262	(2)
The Chestnuts	264	(6)
American Chestnut	265	(3)
Allegheny Chinkapin	268	(2)
The Oaks	270	(72)
Northern Red Oak	271	(3)
Scarlet Oak	274	(3)
Pin Oak	277	(2)
Northern Pin Oak	279	(1)
Shumard Oak	280	(3)
Turkey Oak	283	(2)
Georgia Oak	285	(1)
Texas Oak	285	(2)
Black Oak	287	(2)
Southern Red Oak	289	(2)
Cherry bark Oak	291	(2)
Blackjack Oak	293	(2)
Arkansas Oak	295	(2)
Bear Oak	297	(2)
Water Oak	299	(2)
Willow Oak	301	(3)
Darlington Oak	304	(2)
Laurel Oak	306	(2)
Shingle Oak	308	(2)
Bluejack Oak	310	(2)
Live Oak	312	(2)
Sand Live Oak	314	(2)
Myrtle Oak	316	(1)
Bottom-land Post Oak	317	(1)
Chapman Oak	317	(2)
Bastard Oak	319	(1)
Bur Oak	319	(3)
Post Oak	322	(2)
Sand Post Oak	324	(1)
Overcup Oak	324	(3)
White Oak	327	(2)
Bluff Oak	329	(1)
Oglethorpe Oak	330	(1)
Swamp White Oak	331	(2)
Swamp Chestnut Oak	333	(2)
Chestnut Oak	335	(2)
Chinkapin Oak	337	(4)
Dwarf Chinkapin Oak	341	(1)
Birch Family	342	(20)
The Birches	342	(14)
Sweet Birch	342	(3)
Yellow Birch	345	(3)
River Birch	348	(2)
Gray Birch	350	(3)
European White Birch	353	(1)
Paper Birch	353	(3)
Mountain Paper Birch	356	(1)
The Hornbeam	356	(2)
American Hornbeam	356	(2)
The Hop-Hornbeam	358	(4)
Eastern Hop-Hornbeam	358	(4)
Tea Family	362	(4)
The Franklintree	362	(1)
Franklintree	362	(1)
The Loblolly-Bay	363	(3)
Loblolly-Bay	363	(3)
Linden Family	366	(5)
The Basswoods and the Lindens	366	(5)
American Basswood	366	(3)
White Basswood	369	(1)
Carolina Basswood	369	(2)
Cacao Family	371	(2)
The Parasol-Tree	371	(2)
Chinese Parasol-Tree	371	(2)
Tamarisk Family	373	(3)
The Salt-Cedar	373	(3)
Salt-Cedar	373	(3)
Willow Family	376	(31)
The Aspens and the Poplars	376	(16)
White Poplar	376	(2)
Quaking Aspen	378	(3)
Big Tooth Aspen	381	(2)
Balsam Poplar	383	(3)
Black Poplar	386	(2)
Eastern Cottonwood	388	(2)
Swamp Cottonwood	390	(2)
The Willows	392	(15)
Black Willow	393	(2)
Carolina Willow	395	(2)
Shining Willow	397	(2)
Crack Willow	399	(2)
Weeping Willow	401	(1)
Gray Willow	401	(3)
Pussy Willow	404	(3)
Cyrilla Family	407	(5)
The Buckwheat Tree	407	(2)
Buckwheat Tree	407	(2)
The Tities	409	(3)
Swamp Titi	409	(3)
Heath Family	412	(10)
The Rhododendrons	412	(3)
Great-Laurel	412	(2)
Catawba Rosebay	414	(1)
1fie Mountain-Laurel	415	(2)
Mountain-Laurel	415	(2)
The Sourwood	417	(2)
Sourwood	417	(2)
The Blueberries	419	(3)
Tree Sparkle-berry	419	(3)
Rose Family	422	(62)
The Peaches, the Plums, and the Cherries	422	(31)
Peach	423	(2)
American Plum	425	(2)
Bigtree Plum	427	(1)
Canada Plum	428	(1)
Allegheny Plum	429	(1)
Chickasaw Plum	430	(2)
Flatwoods Plum	432	(2)
Wild Goose Plum	434	(1)
Hortulan Plum	434	(3)
Fire Cherry	437	(3)
Perfumed Cherry	440	(2)
Sweet Cherry	442	(2)
Choke Cherry	444	(3)
Black Cherry	447	(3)
Alabama Black Cherry	450	(1)
Carolina Laurelcherry	450	(3)
The Pears	453	(4)
Common Pear	453	(2)
Bradford Pear	455	(2)
The Apples and the Crabapples	457	(8)
Sweet Crabapple	457	(3)
Southern Crabapple	460	(2)
Prairie Crabapple	462	(1)
Common Apple	463	(2)
The Mountain-Ashes	465	(4)
American Mountain-Ash	465	(3)
Northern Mountain-Ash	468	(1)
European Mountain-Ash	469	(1)
The Hawthorns	469	(4)
Cock's-Spur Hawthorn	471	(2)
Dotted Hawthorn	473	(7)
Fan-Leaf Hawthorn	473	(3)
Waxy-Fruit Hawthorn	476	(3)
Parsley Hawthorn	479	(1)
The Service-berries	480	(4)
Downy Service-berry	480	(3)
Allegheny Service-berry	483	(1)
Sapote Family	484	(4)
The Bullies	484	(4)
Buckthorn Bully	484	(2)
Gum Bully	486	(1)
Tough Bully	487	(1)
Ebony Family	488	(3)
The Persimmon	488	(3)
Common Persimmon	488	(3)
Snowbell Family	491	(4)
The Silverbells	491	(4)
Mountain Silverbell	491	(2)
Two-Wing Silverbell	493	(2)
Sweetleaf Family	495	(3)
The Sweetleaf	495	(3)
Common Sweetleaf	495	(3)
Pea Family	498	(21)
The Silktree	498	(2)
Silktree	498	(2)
The Mesquite	500	(2)
Honey Mesquite	500	(2)
The Redbud	502	(2)
Eastern Redbud	502	(2)
The Honey-Locust and the Water-Locust	504	(5)
Honey-Locust	504	(3)
Water-Locust	507	(2)
The Coffeetree	509	(2)
Kentucky Coffeetree	509	(2)
The Yellow-wood	511	(2)
Yellow-wood	511	(2)
The Necklacepod	513	(2)
Eve's Necklacepod	513	(2)
The Locust	515	(4)
Black Locust	515	(4)
Oleaster Family	519	(3)
The Russian-Olive	519	(3)
Russian-Olive	519	(3)
Loosestrife Family	522	(3)
The Crape-Myrtle	522	(3)
Crape-Myrtle	522	(3)
Dogwood Family	525	(15)
The Dogwoods	525	(6)
Flowering Dogwood	525	(3)
Stiff Dogwood	528	(1)
Alternate-Leaf Dogwood	528	(3)
The Black Gum and the Tupelos	531	(9)
Black Gum	531	(4)
Swamp Tupelo	535	(1)
Water Tupelo	535	(2)
Ogeechee Tupelo	537	(3)
Holly Family	540	(11)
The Hollies	540	(11)
American Holly	540	(2)
Deciduous Holly	542	(3)
Dahoon	545	(1)
Myrtle Dahoon	545	(1)
Yaupon	546	(2)
Mountain Holly	548	(3)
Spurge Family	551	(4)
The Tung-Oiltree	551	(2)
Tung-Oiltree	551	(2)
The Tallowtree	553	(2)
Chinese Tallowtree	553	(2)
Buckthorn Family	555	(2)
The False Buckthorns	555	(2)
Carolina False Buckthorn	555	(2)
Horse-Chestnut Family	557	(11)
The Buckeyes and the Horse-Chestnut	557	(11)
Horse-Chestnut	557	(3)
Bottlebrush Buckeye	560	(1)
Ohio Buckeye	560	(3)
Yellow Buckeye	563	(2)
Red Buckeye	565	(2)
Painted Buckeye	567	(1)
Maple Family	568	(26)
The Maples	568	(26)
Norway Maple	569	(2)
Mountain Maple	571	(2)
Striped Maple	573	(3)
Sugar Maple	576	(2)
Florida Maple	578	(2)
Sycamore Maple	580	(2)
Chalk Maple	582	(1)
Black Maple	582	(3)
Silver Maple	585	(2)
Red Maple	587	(3)
Carolina Red Maple	590	(1)
Drummond Red Maple	590	(1)
Ash-Leaf Maple	591	(3)
Cashew Family	594	(10)
The Smoketree	594	(1)
American Smoketree	594	(1)
Poison-Sumac	595	(2)
Poison-Sumac	595	(2)
The Sumacs	597	(7)
Stag-horn Sumac	598	(3)
Winged Sumac	601	(3)
Quassia Family	604	(3)
The Tree-of-Heaven	604	(3)
Tree-of-Heaven	604	(3)
Mahogany Family	607	(3)
The China-berry	607	(3)
China-berry	607	(3)
Rue Family	610	(4)
The Hercules-Club	610	(1)
Hercules-Club	610	(1)
The Hoptree	611	(3)
Common Hoptree	611	(3)
Ginseng Family	614	(3)
The Aralia	614	(3)
Devils-Walkingstick	614	(3)
Verbena Family	617	(3)
The Black-Mangrove	617	(3)
Black-Mangrove	617	(3)
Olive Famify	620	(18)
The Wild-Olive	620	(2)
Devilwood	620	(2)
The Flowering-Ash	622	(2)
Fringetree	622	(2)
The Ashes	624	(14)
Blue Ash	625	(1)
White Ash	626	(3)
Pumpkin Ash	629	(2)
Green Ash	631	(2)
Carolina Ash	633	(2)
Black Ash	635	(3)
Figwort Family	638	(3)
The Princesstree	638	(3)
Princesstree	638	(3)
Bignonia Family	641	(4)
The Catalpas	641	(4)
Southern Catalpa	641	(2)
Northern Catalpa	643	(2)
Madder Family	645	(3)
The Fevertree	645	(3)
Fevertree	645	(3)
Honeysuckle Family	648	(8)
The Arrow-woods and the Blackhaws	648	(8)
Nanny Berry	648	(3)
Blackhaw	651	(2)
Rusty Blackhaw	653	(1)
Small-Leaf Arrow-wood	654	(2)
Palm Family	656	(3)
The Palmettos	656	(3)
Cabbage Palmetto	656	(2)
Dwarf Palmetto	658	(1)
Glossary	659	(10)
Selected References	669
Index