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"Both poetically evocative and deep with scholarly information . . . The descriptions amount to essays in human ecology." -- Thomas Lyon
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One of two genuine classics of American nature writing now in paperback; the other is A Natural History of Western Trees.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 27 books | 21 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: thick paler sapwood, meshed veinlets, becoming light reddish brown, sapwood paler, darker sapwood (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: New York, New England, North Carolina, White Ash, New Jersey (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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PINES are recognized by their resinous wood and their needle-like leaves which are found in bundles of 2 to 5 and enclosed at base in a papery sheath which may be, sooner or later, deciduous. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thick paler sapwood, meshed veinlets, becoming light reddish brown, sapwood paler, darker sapwood, elevated leaf scars, thick white sapwood, pale lenticels, oblong lenticels, heartwood light brown tinged, dark lenticels, heartwood dark brown, ovary terminates, pithy twigs, light brown heartwood, twigs zigzag, pale sapwood, sapwood thick, twigs stout, thick sapwood, minute calyx, orange lenticels, yellow midrib, dark brown tinged, lower paler Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, North Carolina, White Ash,
PINES are recognized by their resinous wood and their needle-like leaves which are found in bundles of 2 to 5 and enclosed at base in a papery sheath which may be, sooner or later, deciduous. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thick paler sapwood, meshed veinlets, becoming light reddish brown, sapwood paler, darker sapwood, elevated leaf scars, thick white sapwood, pale lenticels, oblong lenticels, heartwood light brown tinged, dark lenticels, heartwood dark brown, ovary terminates, pithy twigs, light brown heartwood, twigs zigzag, pale sapwood, sapwood thick, twigs stout, thick sapwood, minute calyx, orange lenticels, yellow midrib, dark brown tinged, lower paler Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, North Carolina, White Ash,