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Foreword by Mark R. Peattie xi Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg xv Acknowledgments xix
SEQUOIAS Giant Sequoia 1 Coast Redwood 12 PINES Eastern White 26 Western White 37 Sugar 46 Western Yellow 55 Pitch 64 Lodgepole 67 Jack 73 Monterey 76 Knobcone 81 SPRUCES Sitka 83 Red 90 White 94 Colorado Blue 97 Engelmann 99 WILLOWS Black 102 Pussy 105 FIRS Douglas 107 Alpine 119 Northern Balsam 123 Southern Balsam 125 Lowland 127 White 128 JUNIPERS Eastern Red Cedar 130 Common 135 Utah 137 Cherrystone 141 LARCHES Western 145 Tamarack 148 HEMLOCKS Eastern 151 Western 153 BEECH 159 WALNUTS Black 166 Butternut 170 HICKORIES Shagbark 173 Broom 178 Pecan 180 HORNBEAMS American 184 Eastern Ironwood 186 BIRCHES Paper 188 River 192 CHESTNUTS American 194 Chinquapin 196 OAKS Eastern White 197 Bur 203 Pin 207 Valley 208 Coast Live 215 CEDARS Alaska 222 Port Orford 224 Canoe 229 Incense 237 Monterey Cypress 240 ELMS White 246 Cork 254 Wahoo 256 TULIPTREE 258 SWEET GUM 263 MAGNOLIAS Cucumbertree 268 Umbrellatree 270 Mountain 272 SASSAFRAS 275 POPLARS Western Trembling Aspen 282 Balsam 289 Frémont Cottonwood 292 Eastern Cottonwood 296 DESERT PALM 299 HAWTHORNS Flat-topped 306 Red Haw 309 JOSHUATREE 312 WILD BLACK CHERRY 320 REDBUD 324 OREGON ALDER 327 LOCUSTS Sweet 331 Water 334 Black 335 Rose-flowering 341 YELLOWWOOD 344 SUMACS Staghorn 347 Poison 349 MAPLES Sugar 353 Silver 358 Red 361 Box Elder 363 CHRISTMAS HOLLY 367 SYCAMORES Eastern 370 Western 375 TUPELO 381 OSAGE ORANGE 385 AMERICAN LINDEN 390 CALIFORNIA LAUREL 393 DOGWOODS Flowering 397 Pacific 401 ASHES White 404 Black 410 MESQUITE 413 BUCKEYES Sweet 421 Ohio 424 California 426 SOURWOOD 429 DESERT IRONWOOD 432 ACACIAS Sweet 436 Desert Cat ’s - claw 439 ELEPHANT-TREE 441 SAGUARO CACTUS 445 COAST MADRONO 454 PERSIMMON 458 COMMON MANZANITA 465 DESERT SMOKETREE 468 DESERT CATALPA 471 Glossary 477 Index of Scientific Names 487 Index of Common Names 489
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Louie Escobar
reviewed A Natural History of North American Trees on November 13, 2017 A Natural History of North American Trees
I don't know how to recommend this book because I don't quite know how to describe it. Peattie's masterpiece is at once an encyclopedia and field guide, yet also an exhaustive history and poetic tribute to the noble trees that span across the United States and Canada. As I read it, it stirred up the feeling of awe that my first sighting of a giant redwood evoked and a certain sentimentality in reflecting upon the black ash and pin oak trees that grew just outside my childhood home. Each entry carefully describes the physical and natural properties of a species, discusses our uses for the wood, and recounts the shortsighted and destructive lumbering practices of our ancestors. But Peattie's book is far from depressing. It is simply honest when facing our past, hopeful when facing our future, and spiritual when seeing trees for what they are: Natural wonders of ancient origin.
As a result, the book is rather long, so I don't suggest you to read it cover to cover as I did. I would instead treat it as an anthology of stories, and pick the stories that you find most familiar while allowing yourself to fall into a few curious and new ones along the way. If you have any strong memories of a tree in your life, read the way Peattie describes that tree and be amazed that he can capture its essence so perfectly and effortlessly, as if he was there when you made those memories and recorded them for you.
The people who would like this kind of book already know who they are. If you're one of those people, then you'll read a volume chocked full of stories and factoids told in a soothing voice that's reverent of nature. If you learn nothing else reading it, you'll learn that trees are awesome. And I mean awesome as in they inspire awe and should probably be the subjects of love poems and religions. Oh and you'll also learn that some trees are just about worthless for lumber or industry. But any tree, and I mean ANY tree can be and probably already has been shaped into a fence post. Even the most useless species can be both beautiful and utilitarian, and I don't know, there's just something that I find uplifting about that.
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