Forest Trees of Illinois (Third Edition)

by Robert H. Mohlenbrock

Forest Trees
of Illinois

THIRD EDITION

By Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Department of Botany, Southern Illinois University

Photography by John A. Richardson and Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Illustrations by Miriam Wysong Meyer and Fredda J. Burton
Southern Illinois University

Printed by authority of the State of Illinois
Issued by
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Division of Forestry

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Acknowledgments] 4 [Introduction] 5 [Illustrated Glossary] 6 [Key to the Trees of Illinois in Spring, Summer, and Fall] 9 [Key to the Trees of Illinois in Winter] 27 [Trees of Illinois] 38 [Special Places to Study Trees] 318 [White Oak, the State Tree of Illinois] 322 [Illinois Big Tree Champions] 323 [Index to Common and Scientific Names] 324 [District Foresters] 330

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to the late Mr. Fred Siemert, State Forester of the Illinois Division of Forestry, for suggesting the need for a new “Forest Trees of Illinois.” The first and second editions of this work have been immensely popular, and the need for a third edition is gratifying.