Forest Trees of Illinois: How to Know Them
by Wilbur R. Mattoon Robert B. Miller E. E. Nuuttila George D. Fuller
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- FOREST TREES OF ILLINOIS
- HOW TO KNOW THEM
- A POCKET MANUAL DESCRIBING THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS
- Revised by Dr. George D. Fuller, Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Chicago, Curator of Botany, Illinois State Museum, and State Forester E. E. Nuuttila.
- DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF FORESTRY SPRINGFIELD WILLIAM T. LODGE, Director
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- WHITE PINE Pinus strobus L.
- SHORTLEAF PINE Pinus echinata Mill.
- BALD CYPRESS Taxodium distichum Richard
- RED CEDAR Juniperus virginiana L.
- QUAKING ASPEN Populus tremuloides Michx.
- COTTONWOOD Populus deltoides Marsh.
- BLACK WILLOW Salix nigra Marsh.
- BLACK WALNUT Juglans nigra L.
- BUTTERNUT Juglans cinerea L.
- A KEY TO THE ILLINOIS HICKORIES
- BITTERNUT HICKORY Carya cordiformis K. Koch
- PECAN Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch (Carya pecan (Marsh.) E. & G.)
- SHAG-BARK HICKORY Carya ovata K. Koch
- MOCKERNUT HICKORY Carya tomentosa Nutt.
- PIGNUT HICKORY Carya glabra Sweet
- BLUE BEECH Carpinus caroliniana Walt.
- HOP HORNBEAM Ostrya virginiana K. Koch
- RIVER BIRCH Betula nigra L.
- BEECH Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
- A KEY TO THE OAKS OF ILLINOIS
- WHITE OAK Quercus alba L.
- BUR OAK Quercus macrocarpa Michx.
- YELLOW CHESTNUT OAK Quercus muhlenbergii Engelm.
- POST OAK Quercus stellata Wang.
- NORTHERN RED OAK Quercus rubra L. (Quercus borealis Michx.)
- BLACK OAK Quercus velutina Lam.
- PIN OAK Quercus palustris Muench.
- SPANISH OAK Quercus falcata Michx.
- BLACK JACK Quercus marilandica Muench.
- SHINGLE OAK Quercus imbricaria Michx.
- AMERICAN ELM Ulmus americana L.
- RED OR SLIPPERY ELM Ulmus rubra Muhl. (Ulmus fulva Michx.)
- HACKBERRY Celtis occidentalis L.
- OSAGE ORANGE Maclura pomifera Schneid.
- RED MULBERRY Morus rubra L.
- CUCUMBER MAGNOLIA Magnolia acuminata L.
- TULIP TREE Liriodendron tulipifera L.
- PAPAW Asimina triloba Dunal
- SASSAFRAS Sassafras albidum Nees.
- SWEET GUM Liquidambar styraciflua L.
- SYCAMORE Platanus occidentalis L.
- WILD CRAB APPLE Malus ioensis Britton
- SERVICE BERRY Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fern. (Amelanchier canadensis Medic.)
- COCK-SPUR THORN Crataegus crus-galli L.
- RED HAW Crataegus mollis Scheele
- WILD PLUM Prunus americana Marsh.
- BLACK CHERRY Prunus serotina Ehrh.
- HONEY LOCUST Gleditsia triacanthos L.
- REDBUD Cercis canadensis L.
- BLACK LOCUST Robinia pseudoacacia L.
- TREE OF HEAVEN Ailanthus altissima Swingle
- SMOOTH SUMAC Rhus glabra L.
- SUGAR MAPLE Acer saccharum Marsh.
- SILVER MAPLE Acer saccharinum L.
- BOX ELDER Acer negundo L.
- OHIO BUCKEYE Aesculus glabra Willd.
- BASSWOOD Tilia americana L.
- FLOWERING DOGWOOD Cornus florida L.
- SOUR GUM Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
- PERSIMMON Diospyros virginiana L.
- WHITE ASH Fraxinus americana L.
- BLUE ASH Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx.
- CATALPA Catalpa speciosa Warder
- DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Division of Forestry
- Reforestation
- Forest Fire Protection
- Woodland Management
- State Forests
- Community Forests
- Summary
- INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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