Identifying Hardwoods Growing on Pine Sites

by Clair A. Brown; Harold E. Grelen

Clair A. Brown
Harold E. Grelen

IDENTIFYING HARDWOODS GROWING ON PINE SITES

Southern Forest Experiment Station
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service
General Technical Report SO-15

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Bryan A. Jowers, Glendale, California, for the excellent winter silhouettes. For help in obtaining specimens or photographs of species not easily accessible to us, we thank the following: Roger W. Barbour, University of Kentucky; William Harlow, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York; Richard Johnson, Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve; Betty E. Lemon, University of Southwestern Louisiana; R. Dale Thomas, Northeast Louisiana University; and Lino Della-Bianca and Edwin R. Lawson of the U.S. Forest Service.

Summary

This publication illustrates and describes 26 hardwood species or varieties, including 16 oaks and hickories, with photographs of leaves, bark, buds, flowers, and fruits. Line drawings feature the winter silhouette of each species and a key is included to assist in identification.

US. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service General Technical Report SO-15

Identifying Hardwoods Growing On Pine Sites

CLAIR A. BROWN
Professor Emeritus,
Department of Botany
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana