City of Trees: The Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C.: 3rd Edition

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Overview

Washington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and City of Trees has been the authoritative guide for locating, identifying, and learning about them for more than twenty-five years. The third edition is fully revised, updated, and expanded and includes an eloquent new foreword by the Washington Post’s garden editor, Adrian Higgins.

In the introduction,
Choukas-Bradley describes the efforts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
and other prominent Washingtonians who helped the nation’s ...

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Overview

Washington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and City of Trees has been the authoritative guide for locating, identifying, and learning about them for more than twenty-five years. The third edition is fully revised, updated, and expanded and includes an eloquent new foreword by the Washington Post’s garden editor, Adrian Higgins.

In the introduction,
Choukas-Bradley describes the efforts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
and other prominent Washingtonians who helped the nation’s capital evolve into the "City of Trees," a moniker regaining popularity thanks to present-day efforts encouraging citizen participation in tree planting and maintenance.

Part 1 gives the reader a guided tour of the nation’s capital, highlighting historic and rare trees of the urban canopy.
Part 2 is a comprehensive, simply worded, and fully illustrated botanical guide to the magnificent trees of the nation’s capital and surroundings. The guide also includes botanical keys, an illustrated glossary, exquisite pen-and-ink drawings by Polly Alexander, and color close-up photographs of flowering trees,
many by the nationally acclaimed photographer Susan A. Roth.

What to look for in the new edition:

* Added locations: the FDR Memorial; the Smithsonian Institution gardens; the Tudor Place grounds; the Bishop’s Garden of the Washington National Cathedral; Audubon Naturalist Society sanctuaries; and much more.

* "City of Trees" history from 1987 to 2007, including the establishment of Casey Trees and the importance of the urban canopy in the twenty-first century.

* Twice as many pages of color photographs, new species descriptions and illustrations, and added habitat information.

Published in association with the Center for American Places

Editorial Reviews

Washington Post Book World

"A splendid field guide—practical, botanically sound, and filled with good stories.

American Forests Magazine
The District, as locals call it, has a long history of tree planting and maintenance. That's because the city's founders understood both the symbolic and ecological value of trees, according to City of Trees, the authoritative history and field guide to Washington's trees.
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Christian Science Monitor
Definitive.... [The] book is not only full of trees, buds, catkins, berries... it is also full of history.
Washington Post Book World
A splendid field guide--practical, botanically sound, and filled with good stories.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813926889
  • Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr
  • Publication date: 11/28/2008
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 448
  • Sales rank: 1,167,943
  • Series: Center Bks.
  • Product dimensions: 4.80 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 4.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Melanie Choukas-Bradley is the author of Sugarloaf: The Mountain’s History, Geology, and Natural Lore (Virginia) and An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees (Virginia). She is a long-time contributor to the Washington Post, a field botany instructor for the USDA Graduate School, and a field trip leader for the Audubon Naturalist Society. Polly Alexander lives in Essex Junction, Vermont, with her husband and son. Since City of Trees was first published in 1981, she has worked at an advertising agency, owned a graphic design firm, and illustrated numerous books and articles.

Table of Contents


Introduction The City Is Born: How Washington Came to Be Known as the City of Trees 1 Pt. I Site Guide to the City of Trees 11 Tree Viewing Around the Mall 11 Tree Viewing Beyond the Mall 51 Pt. II Botanical Guide to the City of Trees 91 How to Identify Trees Using City of Trees 92 How to Use the Descriptive Text and Illustrations 94 Tools You Will Need to Identify Trees 95 Illustrated Descriptions of Conifers 97 Illustrated Descriptions of Broad-Leaved Trees 147 Illustrated Glossary 379 Blooming Calendar 395 A Special Message from Casey Trees 403 Notes 405 Selected Bibliography 409 Index 416 Color plates follow page 184

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