
Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees
Volume 1: North America
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This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included.Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included.Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available.In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.
Readership
Scientists in forestry, forest management and conservation
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Collaborators
How to use this book
Abbreviations
References
Genera and species
Synonyms of Latin names
English names
Noms français
Nombres españoles
Other names
Trade names
Figure
Map of North America
Product details
- No. of pages: 1529
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier Science 2005
- Published: April 8, 2005
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN: 9780080460185
About the Author
M.M. Grandtner
Affiliations and Expertise
Quebec, Canada
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