by Donald Culross Peattie
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by Donald Culross Peattie
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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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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, New Jersey, Sugar Maple, United States, North America, Black Locust, Middle West, Nova Scotia, Jack Pine, New Hampshire, Red Maple, Sweet Gum, West Virginia, White Elm, South Dakota, George Washington, Pitch Pine, Red Oak, White Cedar, Balsam Poplar, Black Ash, Long Island New!
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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, New Jersey, Sugar Maple, United States, North America, Black Locust, Middle West, Nova Scotia, Jack Pine, New Hampshire, Red Maple, Sweet Gum, West Virginia, White Elm, South Dakota, George Washington, Pitch Pine, Red Oak, White Cedar, Balsam Poplar, Black Ash, Long Island New!
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- History Of Louisiana by Le Page Du Pratz on 4 pages
- The Maine Woods by Henry Thoreau on 4 pages
- Silva of North America by Charles Sargent in Front Matter, and page 353
- South Carolina (Gousha Fastmap) by Don Wood on page 25, and page 449
- Flora of Indiana by Charles C. Deam in Front Matter, and page 500
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- The Dying of the Trees by Charles E. Little on 6 pages
- The Height of Our Mountains: Nature Writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley by Michael P. Branch on page 328, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Power of Trees Reforesting Soul by Michael Perlman on page 50, and Back Matter
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson on page 139
- What the "Experts" May Not Tell You About(TM)...Growing the Perfect Lawn (What the Experts May Not Tell You About...) by Tom Ogren in Back Matter
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