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.