Main entry:

Kress, W. John, author.

Title & Author:

Smithsonian trees of North America / W. John Kress ; with a foreword by Margaret D. Lowman.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2024]
©2024

Description:

xi, 787 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Welcome from Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution -- Foreword / Margaret D. Lowman -- The essence of trees. Chapter one. What is a tree? ; Chapter two. Value of trees -- Chapter three. Structure and reproduction -- Chapter four. Ecology and conservation -- Chapter five. Names and identification -- Chapter six. Evolutionary relationships of trees : a natural classification -- The diversity of trees. Gymnosperms: trees with cones ; Angiosperms: trees with flowers ; Magnoliids: trees related to magnolias and avocados ; Monocots: trees related to palms ; Early diverging eudicots: trees related to poppies, proteas, and plane trees ; Rosids: trees related to maples, apples, and oaks ; Asterids: trees related to dogwoods, ashes, and hollies -- Leaf shapes of select genera -- Species list -- Glossary.
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2025

Summary:

"This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented appraisal of more than 325 common species. More than a field guide, it includes over 300 range maps and 3,000 photographs of leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, and bark; an in-depth introduction to the biology of trees, their value, structure, evolution, classification, ecology, and conservation; descriptions of each species, organized by genus and family; a reflection on the consequences of environmental change on the health of trees, now and in the future; a presentation, based on the latest technologies, of North American trees in a planetary and evolutionary perspective. The book marries science and art to provide an insightful and compassionate exploration of the diversity, structure, form, and beauty of trees"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300185218 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0300185219 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subject:

Trees North America Identification.

Form/genre:

Classifications.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Lowman, Margaret, writer of foreword.

Trees of North America

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320490
Call No.: 320490
Copy: 1
Status: Available