Trees for Planting on Strip-mined Land in Illinois; No.164

Trees for Planting on Strip-mined Land in Illinois; No.164 PDF

Author: Stephen G Boyce

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781014585479

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How to Choose Your Tree

How to Choose Your Tree PDF

Author: Dwight R. McCurdy

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This guide will prove invaluable to park planners, landscape archi­tects, and home gardeners. Common names as wellas scientific names are used, and guides for achieving desired effects as well as for identifying tree characteristics can be easily used by the home gardener or amateur botanist. The characteristics of the fifty trees native to the area are given in detailed summaries noting their specific suitability for the various purposes which they may serve. Along with brief general descriptions of tree characteristics, the book contains copious illustrations and tabular summaries and compari­sons of shape, size, leaf forms and colors, bark, flowers, fruit, longevity, roots, self-pruning and sprouting potential, shade tolerance, insect and disease susceptibility, site requirements, and soil conditions.