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Introduction............................................................................................ 2
Forward by David Field .......................................................................... 3
History ................................................................................................... 4
A Few Precautions.................................................................................. 6
Winter Key........................................................................................... 10
Summer Key......................................................................................... 12
Glossary................................................................................................ 14
Tree Parts and Functions ...................................................................... 20
Autumn Coloration.............................................................................. 22
Forest Trees of Maine
Conifers............................................................................................ 24
Broadleaves....................................................................................... 60
Selected References ............................................................................ 174
Index................................................................................................... 175
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A great many people contributed to the production of this publication. The Forest Trees of Maine
Centennial Committee was instrumental in bringing this book into being. Members of the committee
included Peter Lammert, Dan Jacobs, Merle Ring, Judy Tyler, Kevin Doran, Greg Miller, Jan Ames
Santerre, Andy Shultz and Keith Kanoti. Special credit is due to Peter Lammert for updating the
wood uses, Dan Jacobs for researching and writing the History section, and Greg Miller for produc-
ing the range maps. Others who contributed to the project include: Tom Whitworth, Scott Sawtelle,
Tom Collins, Jen Wright, John Anastasio and Debbie Jacques.
Keith Kanoti revised the manuscript and acted as project manager.
The book was designed by David Deal and the manuscript was edited by Donna Stuart, both of
Glen Group Inc.
Tom Rawinski, botanist with the US Forest Service Northern Research Station, reviewed the
manuscript for technical accuracy.
Cover photo by Arthur Rogers, presented to Forest Commissioner Austin Wilkins by Governor
Percival Baxter.
The glossary sketches were used with the generous permission of Dr. Michael A. Dirr.
The range maps are based on Atlas of United States Trees by the late Dr. Elbert L. Little.
The majority of the photographs were taken by the Maine Forest Service, Policy and Management
Division field staff. Through bugwood.org, several photographers generously let us use images that we
could not obtain ourselves. These include Paul Wray, Iowa State University (white oak acorns, swamp
white oak acorns, northern red oak acorns, black oak acorns, butternut fruit, shagbark hickory fruit,
bitternut hickory fruit, balsam fir cones, black willow leaves); The Dow Gardens Archives, Dow
Gardens (mountain laurel flowers, rhododendron flowers, striped maple fruit); Chris Evans, River to
River CWMA (bitternut hickory leaves); Bill Cook, Michigan State University Extension (beechnuts,
American hornbeam fruit); and David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia (flowering dogwood flowers).
Other photography sources were obtained through USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. These
include Robert H. Mohlenbrock 1995, Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species
(Atlantic white cedar cones); D.E. Herman, et al. 1996, North Dakota tree handbook (American
basswood fruit, blue spruce cones/foliage, bur oak fruit, staghorn sumac fruit); and Steve Hurst
(Sugar maple fruit, scarlet oak fruit, black ash fruit).