Trees in our pocket : a guide to trees of the Upper Midwest / Thomas Rosburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosburg, Thomas.

Series:

Bur Oak Guide

Bur Oak guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees.

Trees--Middle West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Iowa City] : University of Iowa Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Valued for their lumber, their shade, and the beauty of their flowers and foliage as well as the nuts that nourish wildlife and humans alike, trees play important economic, ecological, and aesthetic roles in our lives. From honey and black locusts to white and chinkapin oaks to yellow and river birches, Trees in Your Pocket gives us identification and natural history information for about forty prominent deciduous species found in the Upper Midwest states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Botanist Tom Rosburg provides diagnostic color

Contents:

White oak; Swamp white oak; Bur oak; Shingle oak; Chinkapin oak; Downy hawthorn or red haw; Hackberry; American elm; Red elm or slippery elm; Northern red oak; Black oak; Ohio buckeye; Bitternut hickory; Shagbark hickory; Black walnut; White ash; Black ash; Green ash; Boxelder; Black maple; Silver maple; Yellow birch; River birch; Paper birch; Ironwood or hop-hornbeam; Black cherry; Redbud; Honey locust; Kentucky coffee tree; Black locust; White mulberry; Red mulberry; American basswood; Sycamore; White poplar; Eastern cottonwood; Bigtooth aspen; Quaking aspen; Black willow; Common buckthorn

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-60938-140-8

OCLC:

833384994