National Wildlife Federation field guide to trees of North America

Presents A Reference Guide To Over Seven Hundred Species Of Trees, Providing Introductory Essays Along With Individual Entries On Habitat, Range, And Descriptions Of Leaves, Fruits, And Flowers. Introduction -- The Scope Of This Guide -- Names And Classification -- Tree Divisions -- How Trees Function -- Photosynthesis And Transpiration -- Wood And Bark -- Roots -- Flowers And Fruits -- Twigs And Buds -- Autumn Color -- Ecology -- Trees And Wildlife -- Habitat Succession -- Disturbed Habitats -- North American Forests -- Map Of North American Forests -- Boreal Forests -- Pacific Northwest Forests -- Rocky Mountain Forests -- Columbian Forests -- California Coniferous Forests -- Subalpine Forests And Parklands -- California Mixed Evergreen Forests -- Great Basin/southwest Forests -- Laurentian Mixed Forests -- Eastern Deciduous Forests -- Southern Oak-hickory-pine Forests -- Southern Floodplain Forests -- Southeastern Coastal Plains Forests -- Savannas -- Threats To Trees And Forests -- Invasive Species -- Air Pollution -- Climate Change -- How To Identify A Tree -- Visual Glossary -- Leaf Structure -- Leaf Arrangement -- Simple Leaves -- Compound Leaves -- Leaf Shapes -- Leaf Tips And Bases -- Leaf Margins -- Leaf Undersides -- Features Of Twigs -- Buds -- Flowers -- Fruit -- Bark -- Nonbroadleaf Trees -- Trees With Needlelike Leaves -- Key To Trees With Needlelike Leaves -- Pines, Larches, Tamarack, Spruces, Firs, Douglas-firs, Hemlocks, Yews, Torreyas, Bald-cypress, Redwoods, Araucarias -- Trees With Scalelike Leaves -- Key To Keys With Scalelike Leaves -- Giant Sequoia, New World Cedars, Cypresses, Junipers, Tamarisks, Casuarinas -- Trees And Fire -- Cypresses -- Junipers -- Broadleaf Trees -- Broadleaf Trees -- Ginkgo -- Trees With Opposite Leaves -- Key To Trees With Opposite Leaves -- Opposite, Compound Leaves -- Horse-chestnut, Buckeyes, Bladdernut, Lignum-vitae, Catalina Ironwood, Elderberrries, Ashes -- Ashes -- Opposite, Simple Leaves -- Maples, Catalpas, Desert-willow, Mangroves, Swampprivets, Devilwood, Fringetree, Buttonbush, Fevertree, Silktassel, Dogwoods, Viburnums -- Maples -- Trees With Alternate, Compound Leaves -- Key To Trees With Alternate, Compound Leaves -- Thorny Or Prickly Trees -- Hardy Orange, Pricklyashes, Devil's Walkingstick, Honeylocusts, Locusts, Desert Ironwood, Jerusalem-thorn, Paloverdes, Acacias, Mesquites -- Trees Without Thorns -- Walnuts, Hickories, Hoptrees, Mountain-ashes, Sumacs, Poisontree, Gumbo Limbo, Soapberries, Mahogany, Yellowwood, Coffeetree -- Walnuts And Hickories -- Trees With Alternate, Simple Leaves -- Key To Trees With Alternate, Simple Leaves -- Lobed Leaves -- Sycamores And Planetrees, Sweetgum, Mulberries, Sassafras, Flannelbush, Tuliptree -- Unlobed, Mostly Untoothed Leaves -- Magnolias, Pawpaw, Osage-orange, Figs, Seagrape, Bays, Dogwoods, Tupelos, Titis, Sweetleaf, Sumacs, Smoketrees, Bullies, Persimmons, Farkleberry, Madrones, Manzanitas, Mountain-laurel, Rhododendrons, Silverbells, Snowbells, Redbuds -- Magnolias And Tuliptree -- Unlobed, Mostly Toothed Leaves -- Bayberries, Buckthorns, Witch-hazel, Mountain-mahoganies, Cherries, Plums, Crabapples, Serviceberries, Hawthorns, Hollies, Hackberries, Elms, Basswoods, Willows, Populars, Cottonwoods, Aspens, Hornbeams, Birches, Alders, Beeches, Chestnuts, Chinkapins, Tanoak -- What's In A Tree Name? -- Rose Family -- Hollies -- Elms, Hackberries, And Kin -- Willows -- Poplars, Cottonwoods, And Aspens -- Birches, Alders, And Kin -- Beech Family -- Oaks -- Key To Oaks -- Other Trees -- Palms, Yuccas, And Cacti -- Palms -- Yuccas -- Cacti -- Appendices -- Tree Families -- Tree Silhouettes -- Arboreta And Botanical Gardens -- Resources And References -- Photo Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Species Index. Contributors, Bruce Kershner ... [et Al.] ; Foreword By Craig Tufts. Front Cover Unfolds To A Leaf Identification Guide With Ruler. Map On Inside Back Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 495-497) And Index.