Native Trees of the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Value, and Landscaping Use

by Sally S. Weeks, Harmon P. Weeks, George R. Parker

Overview

Native Trees of the Midwest is a definitive guide to identifying trees in Indiana and surrounding states, written by three leading forestry experts. Descriptive text explains how to identify every species in any season and color photographs show all important characteristics. Not only does the book allow the user to identify trees and learn of their ecological and distributional attributes, but it also presents an evaluation of each species relative to its potential ornamental value for those interested in landscaping. Since tree species have diverse values to wildlife, an evaluation of wildlife uses is presented with a degree of detail available nowhere else. The revised and expanded second edition contains a chapter on introduced species that have become naturalized and invasive throughout the region. All accounts have been reviewed and modifications made when necessary to reflect changes in taxonomy, status, or wildlife uses. Keys have been modified to incorporate introduced species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557535726
Publisher:	Purdue University Press
Publication date:	08/15/2010
Edition description:	Expanded
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sally Weeks was born and grew up on a dairy farm near Winamac, Indiana. She received a BSF in wildlife management and an MS in forestry from Purdue University's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, where she has taught aspects of tree identification for twenty-five years.

George Parker is professor emeritus of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University and has studied old growth forests and the dynamics of forest communities.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Illustrated Glossary
Conifers
Evergreens: pines, hemlock, white-cedar, redcedar
Deciduous: larch, bald cypress
Hardwoods
Opposite branching, simple leaves: maple, privet, dogwood
Opposite branching, compound leaves: ash, boxelder, buckeye
Whorled branching: catalpa
Alternate branching, simple leaves: oak, beech, chestnut, cottonwood, aspen, willow, hophornbeam, hornbeam, birch, sassafras, elm, hackberry, mulberry, magnolia, tulip, pawpaw, sweetgum, sycamore, crabapple, cherry, plum, serviceberry, hawthorn, redbud, basswood, blackgum, sourwood, persimmon
Alternate branching, compound leaves: devils-walkingstick, hickory, walnut, locust, yellowwood, coffeetree
Alternate branching, evergreen leaves: holly
Introduced Species
Keys
Introduced Species
Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

All at the forestry and natural resources department at Purdue University, Weeks (tree identification), Harmon P. Weeks (habitat management), and George Parker (emeritus, old-growth forests) expand the 2005 first edition to include 12 non-native species that have become problematic, and may be confused with natives. Some of the information is corrected or updated and some new photographs added. The keys have also been revised to incorporate the new species. An illustrated glossary is provided. Conifers come first, then hardwoods, and finally introduced species. Range maps and color photographs of identifying features accompany text on form and size, habitat, wildlife uses, landscaping value, and similar species. (Annotation

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