This book details the history and uses of oaks in Part I. Part II is Eastern Oaks and Part III is on Western oaks, each with information on growth habitat and identification.
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best short guide to North American oaks,
By Dan Czarnecki (Burbank, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oaks of North America (Paperback)
This book is a ton of facts for both the amateur as well as the professional botanist or horticulturalist, and at the same time it is an enjoyable read for the casual reader looking for some information or help with oak id. It is the only book that I have seen that actually helps the reader better understand and thereby learn to id oaks, by letting the reader know what the Latin name really means. Sure solves a lot of mysteries, like why the Quercus velutina is the black oak, not the quercus nigra.
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An excellent reference for identifying Oaks,
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I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs to identify then many species of Oaks in N. America. The layout, photographs and desecriptions are all excellent.
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Excellent for identification, but not for general information,
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The book does have an introduction talking about the broad classifications of types of oaks, history of oak usage, historic management of oak forests, etc. But this introduction is short, and then the book gets into the nitty-gritty of identification. Not just red vs. white, but every single documented variant the author found in his extensive research. For all but one of these oaks, the author visited and examined a live specimen himself.
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The story of oak begins many millions of years ago in the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shallow saucerlike cup, hardwood associates, rays indistinct, turbinate cup, dwarf chinkapin oak, following oaks, sandpaper oak, alligator bark juniper, runner oak, wavyleaf oak, upland oak forests, nut dark brown, sand post oak, recognized hybrids, dwarf live oak, nut ovoid, netleaf oak, littleleaf sumac, northern pin oak, crown spread, axillary tufts, dry sandy ridges, twigs slender, shrub live oak, silverleaf oak Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Forest Service, United States, New Mexico, Southern Forest Region, Central Forest Region, Northern Forest Region, Upper Sonoran Life Zone, Mississippi Valley, Nuevo Leon, Sierra Nevada, North America, Pacific Coast, Baja California Norte, Lower Sonoran Life Zone, North Carolina, South Carolina, Big Bend National Park, Big Scrub, Coast Ranges, Guadalupe Mountains, Peloncillo Mountains, Edwards Plateau, Table Mountain, Chiracahua Mountains, Chisos Basin New!
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The story of oak begins many millions of years ago in the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shallow saucerlike cup, hardwood associates, rays indistinct, turbinate cup, dwarf chinkapin oak, following oaks, sandpaper oak, alligator bark juniper, runner oak, wavyleaf oak, upland oak forests, nut dark brown, sand post oak, recognized hybrids, dwarf live oak, nut ovoid, netleaf oak, littleleaf sumac, northern pin oak, crown spread, axillary tufts, dry sandy ridges, twigs slender, shrub live oak, silverleaf oak Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Forest Service, United States, New Mexico, Southern Forest Region, Central Forest Region, Northern Forest Region, Upper Sonoran Life Zone, Mississippi Valley, Nuevo Leon, Sierra Nevada, North America, Pacific Coast, Baja California Norte, Lower Sonoran Life Zone, North Carolina, South Carolina, Big Bend National Park, Big Scrub, Coast Ranges, Guadalupe Mountains, Peloncillo Mountains, Edwards Plateau, Table Mountain, Chiracahua Mountains, Chisos Basin New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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