The Woody Plants
Reading List

The reading lists for this course are separated into three distinct
lists of readings --those you must read, those we highly
recommend you read, and further references.Michigan Trees
is a required book for this class - all other readings and books
are on reserve in the Science Library on the third floor of the
Shapiro Library (formerly the UGLI).  Each list follows:

Required Reading

Pages 1-27 in Michigan Trees by Barnes and Wagner.  It is extremely important
                that you readthis material early in the course.  Preferably, you
                should complete this before the first lab. Terminology that you
                will use throughoutthe course is explained here.  It makes great
                quiz material too.
 

  Highly Recommended Reading

Pages 60-89 in the Textbook of Dendrology, 8th edition, by Harlow.
                Good introductory stuff.

The following readings are from the book Tree by David Burnie:
 
Title Pages When to Read
What is a tree? 6-7 First 2 weeks of course
Broadleaf trees 8-9 First 2 weeks of course
Coniferous trees 10-11 First 2 weeks of course
The tree trunk 20-21 First 2 weeks of course
Simple leaves 26-27 First 2 weeks of course
Compound leaves 28-29 First 2 weeks of course
Needles and scales 30-31 First 2 weeks of course
The birth of a tree 14-15 First 3 weeks of course
How trees grow 16-17 First 3 weeks of course
Putting down roots 18-19 First 3 weeks of course
Bark -- the outer skin 22-23 First 3 weeks of course
From bud to leaf 24-25 First 3 weeks of course
Blowing in the wind 32-33 Lecture on systematics
Falling leaves 46-47 Lecture on winter condition
Cones 44-45 First lecture on conifers
Tropical trees 12-13 Lecture on tropics

   Further References

Barbour, M.G. and W.D. Billings.  1988.  North American Terrestrial
            Vegetation.  Cambridge University Press, New York.  434 pp.

Barnes, Burton V.  1991.  Deciduous Forests of North America.  pp. 219-344
            in E. Rohrig and B. Ulrich (eds.).  Temperate Deciduous Forests.
            No. 7 of the series Ecosystems of the World.  Elsevier Publ.,
            New York.

Billington, Cecil.  1949. Shrubs of Michigan.  Cranbrook Instiute of Science.
            Bulletin No. 20.  339 pp.

Burnie, David.  1988. Tree.  Alfred A. Knopf, New York.  63 pp.

Farrar, J.L.  1995.  Trees of the Northern United States and Canada.
            Iowa State Univ. Press.  502 pp.

Harlow, William M.  1949. Fruit Key and Twig Key to Trees and Shrubs.
            Dover Publications, Inc.,  New York.

Harlow, William M., Ellwood S. Harrar, James W. Hardin, and Fred S. White.
            1996.  Textbook of Dendrology.  8th edition.McGraw-Hill Book
            Co., New York.  533 pp.

Hosie, R.C.  1969.  Native Trees of Canada.  The Queen's Printer for Canada.
            Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  380 pp.

Soper, James H., and Margaret L. Heimburger.  1982.  Shrubs of Ontario.
            The Royale Ontario Museum.  495 pp.

Spurr, Stephen H., and Burton V. Barnes.  1980.  Forest Ecology.  3rd edition,
            John Wiley & Sons, New York.  687 pp. (listed under NRE 435)

Symonds, George W.D.  1958.  The Tree Identification Book.  William Morrow
            and Company, Inc., New York.  272 pp.

Symonds, George W.  1963.  The Shrub Identification Book.  M. Barrows and
            Company, New York.  379 pp.

Voss, Edward G.  Michigan Flora.  Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield
            Hills, MI.  Part 1.  Gymnosperms and monocots, 1972. 488 pp.
            Part 2.  Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae), 1986.  724 pp.  Part 3.
            Dicots (Pyrolaceae-Compositae), 1996.  622 pp.

Wilson, Brayton F.  1984. The Growing Tree.  Univ. Mass. Press.  138 pp.


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