A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America
A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America

Author: John C. Kricher

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780395928950

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Provides an introduction to patterns of forest ecology, looks at each of the major forest types of eastern North America, examines changes that occur as abandoned fields turn into forests, features background on the process of adaptation and natural selection, and describes forest changes in each of the four seasons.

Native Trees of the Midwest
Native Trees of the Midwest

Author: Sally S. Weeks

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2011-01-07

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1612490018

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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.