Trees
Basswood Family
Beech Family
Northern Pin Oak "Black Oak" "Jack Oak" (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
Birch Family
Speckled Alder "Tag Alder" "Gray Alder" (Alnus rugosa)
Paper Birch "Canoe Birch" "White Birch" (Betula paprifera)
Yellow Birch "Gray Birch" "Silver Birch" (Betula alleghaniensis)
Buckeye (Horsechestnut) Family
Ohio Buckeye "Fetid Buckeye" "American Horse-chestnut" (Aesculus glabra)
Buckthorn Family
Glossy Buckthorn "Alder Buckthorn" (Rhamnus frangula)
Cashew Family
Staghorn Sumac "Velvet Sumac" (Rhus typhina)
Cypress Family
Common Juniper "Dwarf Juniper" (Juniperus communis)
Arborvitae "Chinese Arborvitae" (Thuja orientalis)
Northern White-cedar "Eastern White-cedar" "Eastern Arborvitae" (Thuja occidentalis)
Dogwood Family
Alternate-leaved dogwood - Cornus alternifolia
Elm Family
American Elm "White Elm" "Soft Elm" (Ulmus americana)
Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
Rock Elm "Cork Elm" (Ulmus thomasii)
Honeysuckle Family
Nannyberry "Blackhaw" "Sheepberry" (Viburnun lentago)
Legume Family
Black Locust "Yellow Locust" "Locust" (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Maple Family
Red Maple "Scarlet Maple" "Swamp Maple" (Acer rubrum)
Silver Maple "Soft Maple" "White Maple" (Acer saccharinum)
Mulberry Family
White Mulberry "Silkworm Mulberry" "Russian Mulberry" (Morus alba)
Olive or Ash Family
Green Ash "Swamp Ash" "Water Ash" (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Pine Family
Fir, Balsam "Canada Balsam" "Eastern Fir" (Abies balsamea)
Hemlock, Eastern "Canada Hemlock" "Hemlock Spruce" (Tsuga canadensis)
Pine, Red "Norway Pine" (Pinus resinosa)
Pine, Eastern White "White Pine" "Northern White Pine" (Pinus strobus)
Spruce, Norway ( Picea abies)
Spruce, Black Hill (Picea glauca densata)
Spruce, Blue "Colorado Spruce" Picea pungens)
Tamarack "Hackmatack" "Eastern Larch" (Larix laricina)
Rose Family
American Mountain-ash "American Rowan-tree" "Roundwood" (Sorbus americana)
Apples "Common Apple" "Wild Apple (Malus sylvestris)
Cherry, North Star
Cherry, Pin "Fire Cherry" "Bird Cherry" (Prunus pensylvanica)
Downy Serviceberry "Shadbush" "Juneberry" "Shadblow" (Amelanchier arborea)
Plum, American "Red Plum" "Wild Plum" (Prunus americana)
Plum, Stanley (Prunus)
Walnut Family
Bitternut Hickory "Bitternut" "Pignut" (Carya cordiformis)
Willow Family
Quaking Aspen "Trembling Aspen" "Golden Aspen" (Populus tremuloides)
Weeping Willow "Niobe Yellow" (Salix alba 'Tristis')
Tree Bibliography
Allen, G. (1968). Everyday trees. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Baker, L. (1966). A tree called Moses. Atheneum, New York: Murray Printing Company.
Black Hawk County Conservation Board. (No date). Maple syrup. Cedar Falls, Iowa: Hartman Reserve Nature Center.
Borten, H. (1968). The jungle. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World.
Bulla, C. (1960). A tree is a plant. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
Busch, P. (1968). Once there was a tree: The story of the tree, a changing home for plants and animals. New York: Scholastic Book Services.
Coe, G. (1964). The how and why wonder book of trees. New York: Grosset and Dunlap.
Dudley, R. (1956). Our American trees. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
Farb, P. (1963). The forest. New York: Time-Life Books.
Frome, M. (1968). The national forests of America. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful Corporation.
Guilcher, J., & Noailles, R. (1960). A tree is born. New York: Sterling Publishing Company.
Hall, B. (1973). A year in the forest. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Hoke, J. (1964). The first book of the jungle. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc.
Hutchins, R. (1962). Lives of an oak tree. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company.
Iowa Nurserymen's Association. (No date). Trees for Iowa. Iowa: Iowa Nurserymen's Association.
Kane, H. (1962). The tale of a wood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Kieran, J. (1966). An introduction to trees. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company.
Klein, S. (1968). A world in a tree. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company.
Kricher, J., & Morrison, G. (1988). A field guide to eastern forests: North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Lemmon, R. (1960). Junior science book of trees. Champaign, Illinois: The Garrard Press.
Limbach, R. (1942). American trees. New York: Random House, pp. 8-9.
Little, E. (1980). The Audubon society field guide to North American trees: Western region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
May, J. (1972). Forests that change color. Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Educational Society, Inc.
Murphy, R., & Meyer, W. (1969). The care and feeding of trees. New York: Crown Publishers.
Peattie, D. (1991). A natural history of trees of eastern and central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 218-220.
Podendorf, I. (1961). The true book of jungles. Chicago: Childrens Press.
Podendorf, I. (1954). The true book of trees. Chicago: Childrens Press.
Reese, L. (1971). History of your county parks. Cedar Falls, Iowa: Black Hawk County Conservation Board.
Rice, I. (1970). A tree this tall. New York: William Morrow and Company.
Ross, G. (1966). The pine tree. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company.
Russell, S. (1968). About bananas. Chicago: Melmont Publishers.
Russell, S. (1962). About fruit. Chicago, Illinois: Melmont Publishers.
Russell, S. (1963). About nuts. Chicago: Melmont Publishers.
Russell, S. (1959). Trees for tomorrow. Chicago: Melmont Publishers.
Sanderson, I., & Loth, D. (1965). Ivan Sanderson's book of great jungles. New York: Pocket Books, Inc.
Selsam, M. (1964). Birth of a forest. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers.
Sterling, D. (1953). Trees and their story. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company.
Swenson, V. (1953). A child's book of trees. New York: Maxton Publishers, Inc.
Tee-Van, H. (1960). The trees around us. New York: the Dial Press.
Watson, N. (1964). Sugar on snow. New York: The Viking Press.
Zim, H., & Martin, A. (1956). Trees: A guide to familiar American trees. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Zimmermann, M. (1978). Tree. Chicago, Illinois: World Book -- Childcraft International, Inc. (Reprinted from The World Book Encyclopedia).
Resources compiled by Dr. Loretta Kuse
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