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Trees in Canada Cover Image Book Book

Trees in Canada

Farrar, John Laird. (Author). Canadian Forest Service. (Added Author). Canada Communication Group. Publishing. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781550411997
  • ISBN: 1550411993
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 502 : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Ottawa : Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., c1995.

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General Note:
Co-published by the Canadian Forest Service in cooperation with the Canada Communication Group Publishing.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-465) and indexes.

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Subject: Trees -- Canada -- Identification
Topic Heading: TREES - CANADA - IDENTIFICATION.

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  • 13 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library 582.160971 FARR (Text) 33294000854877 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Prince Rupert Library 582.160971 FARR (Text) 33294000882373 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
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Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Reader's Guide 1(10)
How to Identify a Tree 11(2)
The Conifers
13(116)
Families and Genera---The Conifers
14(115)
Group 1 Short needles or scales, evergreen; closely spaced in opposite pairs or whorls of 3, often overlapping and obscuring the stem; seeds in cones, some cones berry-like
[junipers; cedars/arborvitae/thujas; false cypress/cedars/cypress]
15(17)
Group 2 Introduced species hardy in southwestern British Columbia; leaves various shapes; seeds in cones
[Sierra redwood; coast redwood; dawn redwood; bald-cypress; Japanese-cedar; umbrella-pine; monkey-puzzle]
32(8)
Group 3 Needles evergreen, in bundles of 2, 3, or 5; seeds in cones
[pines]
40(26)
Group 4 Needles deciduous (or evergreen), in tufts of 10 or more on dwarf shoots, also single on long shoots; seeds in cones
[larches/tamaracks; cedars]
66(14)
Group 5 Needles evergreen, single, flat or 4-sided; seeds in cones
[firs; spruces; Douglas-fir; hemlocks]
80(42)
Group 6 Needles evergreen, single, flat; twigs and buds green; single seed in a fleshy cup
[yews]
122(4)
Group 7 Leaves fan-shaped, thin, notched; veins parallel, no midvein; seeds plum-like
[ginkgo]
126(3)
The Broadleaf Trees
129(280)
Families and Genera---The Broadleaf Trees
130(279)
Group 8 Leaves in opposite pairs (or subopposite or whorled); blade simple or compound; edges lobed, toothed, or smooth
[maples; horsechestnuts; ashes; Amur corktree; elders; viburnums; dogwoods; common lilac; catalpas; euonymus; button-bush; katsuratree; silver buffalo-berry]
131(64)
Group 9 Leaves alternate, compound (divided into 3 or more leaflets)
[walnuts; hickories; Kentucky coffeetree; honey-locust; black locust; Siberian pea-tree; laburnum; yellow-wood; Japanese angelica-tree; common prickly-ash; mountain-ashes; sumacs; poison-sumac; common hoptree; ailanthus]
195(40)
Group 10 Leaves alternate, simple; edges lobed
[sycamore; London planetree; red mulberry; white mulberry; sweetgum; sassafras; tulip-tree; oaks]
235(32)
Group 11 Leaves alternate, simple; edges toothed
[American beech; European beech; American chestnut; Chinese chestnut; witch-hazel; hollies; mountain-holly; Pacific bayberry; buckthorns; lindens/basswoods; birches; alders; blue-beech; ironwood; hazels; willows; poplars, aspens, and cottonwoods; elms; Japanese zelkova; hackberry; dwarf hackberry; serviceberries; apples; cherries and plums; hawthorns]
267(127)
Group 12 Leaves alternate, simple; edges smooth; deciduous (or evergreen)
[rhododendrons; arbutus; pawpaw; redbud; black-gum; magnolias; sea-buckthorn; elaeagnus; common smoke-tree; osage-orange]
394(15)
Keys to Groups and Selected Genera 409(42)
Winter Keys to the Genera 451(10)
Bibliography 461(5)
Botanical Authors 466(9)
Meanings of Tree Names 475(7)
Map of Forest Regions of Canada 482(1)
Map of Plant Hardiness Zones in Canada 483(2)
Index of English and Latin Names 485(14)
Index of French Common Names 499

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