Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide

Rhoads, Ann Fowler; Block, Timothy A.

ISBN 10: 0812237854 / ISBN 13: 9780812237856

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004

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Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812237854
• ISBN 13: 9780812237856
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Anisko, Anna
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Botanical

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Synopsis

Black maples can tower to eighty-five feet. Artisans craft fine musical instruments from the wood of native red spruces. And in autumn, the leaves of sugar maples turn brilliant orange-gloriously coloring Penn's Woods. The naturalist, forester, or weekend observer will discover all this and more in Trees of Pennsylvania.

Written by botanists at the Morris Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible field and natural history guide to the state's tree life. Ann Rhoads and Timothy Block cover all of Pennsylvania's 195 trees, both native and naturalized. Each species is described in a concise, tabular format that includes the characteristics of leaves, branches, bark, flowers, and fruits. The authors discuss flowering and fruiting time, autumn leaf color, and the size of the largest specimen recorded within the state. Rhoads and Block further provide valuable historical, ecological, and economic information on each tree species, including how Pennsylvania's trees were used by Native Americans and early European settlers.

This fully illustrated, user-friendly volume contains a combination of line drawings by botanical artist Anna Anisko, color photographs, range maps, and identification keys so readers will be able accurately to identify each tree species. It also offers useful information on the biology of trees, the history of Pennsylvania's many forests, and important lists of the endangered, threatened, and rare trees within the state. This is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in Pennsylvania's natural history and tree life.

About the Author

At the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Ann Rhoads is Senior Scientist of the Pennsylvania Flora Project, Timothy Block is Director of Botany, and Anna Anisko is Botanical Illustrator. They have also collaborated on The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.