Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees
"An essential companion for the amateur tree fan and a valuable source of information for the professional." — Jerry Franklin, world-renowned forest ecologist and professor emeritus, College of the Environment, University of Washington

Northwest Trees offers an exceptional blend of expertise and visual artistry. Covering Washington, Oregon, southern British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, most of Idaho and Montana, and the greater Yellowstone National Park area of northwestern Wyoming, Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly identify and illustrate more than sixty species of indigenous northwestern trees by shape, size, needles, leaves, cones, and seeds. This essential guide describes the most recognizable characteristics of each featured species and recounts the tree’s ecology and human history. With more than 160 accurate, beautifully detailed illustrations, this handy field guide is the ultimate reference for trees in this region.
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Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees
"An essential companion for the amateur tree fan and a valuable source of information for the professional." — Jerry Franklin, world-renowned forest ecologist and professor emeritus, College of the Environment, University of Washington

Northwest Trees offers an exceptional blend of expertise and visual artistry. Covering Washington, Oregon, southern British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, most of Idaho and Montana, and the greater Yellowstone National Park area of northwestern Wyoming, Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly identify and illustrate more than sixty species of indigenous northwestern trees by shape, size, needles, leaves, cones, and seeds. This essential guide describes the most recognizable characteristics of each featured species and recounts the tree’s ecology and human history. With more than 160 accurate, beautifully detailed illustrations, this handy field guide is the ultimate reference for trees in this region.
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Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees

Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees

Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees

Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees

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"An essential companion for the amateur tree fan and a valuable source of information for the professional." — Jerry Franklin, world-renowned forest ecologist and professor emeritus, College of the Environment, University of Washington

Northwest Trees offers an exceptional blend of expertise and visual artistry. Covering Washington, Oregon, southern British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, most of Idaho and Montana, and the greater Yellowstone National Park area of northwestern Wyoming, Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly identify and illustrate more than sixty species of indigenous northwestern trees by shape, size, needles, leaves, cones, and seeds. This essential guide describes the most recognizable characteristics of each featured species and recounts the tree’s ecology and human history. With more than 160 accurate, beautifully detailed illustrations, this handy field guide is the ultimate reference for trees in this region.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781680513295
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date: 08/12/2020
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen F. Arno holds a PhD in forestry and plant science and is retired from a career as a research forester with the US Forest Service. Since 1973, he has authored or co-authored six books about forests and trees, including two Mountaineers Books titles, Northwest Trees and Timberline.

Ramona P. Hammerly is a native of the Puget Sound region. She illustrated the original edition of Northwest Trees in 1977 and also provided new illustrations for the 2007 anniversary edition.

Table of Contents

Map of the Greater Northwest 6

Introduction 7

Identification Key for Northwest Trees 11

Part 1 Conifers

Western White Pine 25

Sugar Pine 30

Whitebark Pine 35

Limber Pine 43

Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine 49

Knobcone Pine 58

Lodgepole and Shore Pine 61

Western Larch 70

Alpine Larch 76

Sitka Spruce 83

Engelmann and Brewer Spruce 91

White Spruce and Its Hybrids 97

Douglas-fir 101

Western Hemlock 110

Mountain Hemlock 117

Pacific Silver Fir 122

Grand and White Fir 128

Subalpine Fir 135

Noble and Shasta Red Fir 143

Incense-cedar 149

Western Redcedar 155

Yellow-cedar 163

Port Orford-cedar 169

Junipers and Modoc Cypress 174

Pacific Yew and Redwood 181

Part 2 Broad-Leaved Trees

Willows 190

Black Cottonwood and Its Relatives 196

Quaking Aspen 203

Alders 208

Paper and Water Birch 215

Golden Chinkapin 221

Tanoak 225

Oregon White or Garry Oak 229

California Black Oak 234

Canyon Live Oak 239

Native Fruit Trees 241

Bigleaf Maple 251

Smaller Maples 257

Cascara 262

Pacific Dogwood 267

Pacific Madrone 271

California-laurel 277

Oregon Ash 280

Naturalized Trees 283

Acknowledgments 289

References 290

Index 297

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