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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815154203321
• Autore: Rosburg Thomas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Iowa City], : University of Iowa Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-60938-140-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (16 p.)
• Collana: Bur Oak guide
• Disciplina: 582.160977
• Soggetti: Trees; Trees - Middle West
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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