The Book of Forest & Thicket: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern North America

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Stackpole Books, Mar 1, 1992 - Nature - 224 pages
Richly illustrated fact and folklore exploring details of common plant and animal communities east of the rockies.
 

Contents

Hornbeam Hop
112
Indian Pipe
114
JackinthePulpit
115
Ladys Slippers
117
Laurel Mountain
119
Leek Wild
120
Lily Trout
121
Locust Black
123

Bellworts
23
Bindweed Hedge
24
Birch White
25
Birch Yellow
30
Bittersweet American
31
Blackberry Common
33
Bloodroot
36
Blueberries
37
Box Elder
39
Buckeye Ohio
41
Buckthorn Common
42
Bunchberry
44
Buttercups
45
Butternut
46
Cedar Northern White
49
Cherry Black
52
Chestnut American
55
Chokecherry
57
Cleavers
59
Clubmosses
60
Columbine Wild
62
Cottonwood Eastern
64
Currants and Gooseberries
66
Dogbane Spreading
68
Dogwood Flowering
69
Dogwood Gray
72
Dutchmans Breeches
74
Elderberry Red
75
Elm American
77
Elm Slippery
81
Ferns Wood
83
Geranium Wild
85
Ginger Wild
86
Grapes Wild
87
Greenbrier Common
92
Hackberry Northern
94
Hawthorns
96
Hazelnut American
99
Hemlock Eastern
101
Hepaticas
104
Hickories
105
Honeysuckles
108
Hornbeam American
111
Maple Red
126
Maple Sugar
128
Mayapple
132
Mayflower Canada
134
MountainAsh American
135
Mulberry Red
136
Nightshade
138
Oak Red
139
Oak White
145
Osage Orange
149
Phlox Blue
150
Pine Eastern White
151
Pine Jack
157
Pine Red
160
Poison Ivy
163
Polygala Fringed
165
PricklyAsh Northern
166
Raspberries
167
Redbud
169
Roses Wild
170
Sassafras
174
Shadbushes
176
Solomons Seal
177
Spicebush Common
179
Spring Beauty
180
Spruce White
181
Sumac Staghorn
184
Sweetfern
187
Sycamore
188
Tick Trefoils
190
Toothworts
191
Trillium LargeFlowered
192
TulipTree
194
Viburnums
196
Violets
197
Virginia Creeper
199
Walnut Black
201
Wintergreen
204
Witch Hazel
205
Yew American
207
Glossary
210
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About the author (1992)

John Eastman is the author of Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (978-0-8117-1367-2), as well as numerous other books and articles about the natural world. Amelia Hansen has been a freelance illustrator since 1989, specializing in nature and natural history subjects. She lives near Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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