Field guide to the street trees of New York City

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Field guide to the street trees of New York City

Leslie Day ; illustrated by Trudy Smoke ; foreword by Amy Freitag

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281) and index

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Imagine an urban oasis with hundreds of thousands of trees and whose mayor wants to plant a million more. That sylvan place is New York City, and this is a guide to the diverse trees that line its streets. Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City acquaints New Yorkers and visitors alike with fifty species of trees commonly found in the neighborhoods where people live, work, and travel. Beautiful, original drawings of leaves and stunning photographs of bark, fruit, flower, and twig accompany informative descriptions of each species. Detailed maps of the five boroughs identify all of the city's neighborhoods, and specific addresses pinpoint where to find a good example of each tree species. Trees provide invaluable benefits to the Big Apple: they reduce the rate of respiratory disease, increase property values, cool homes and sidewalks in the summer, block the harsh winds of winter, clean the air, absorb storm water runoff, and provide habitat and food for the city's wildlife. Bald cypress, swamp oak, silver linden, and all of New York's most common trees are just a page turn away. Your evening walk will never be the same once you come to know the quiet giants that line the city's streets.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Amy Freitag Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Leafy Neighborhoods of the Five Boroughs 2. Tree Terminology 3. Illustrated Glossary 4. Trees Deciduous Conifers Bald Cypress Dawn Redwood Deciduous Broadleaf Trees Simple, Unlobed Callery Pear Northern Catalpa Schubert Chokecherry Kwanzan Cherry Crabapple Downy Serviceberry Eastern Redbud American Elm Chinese Elm Japanese Zelkova Flowering Dogwood Ginkgo Biloba Hawthorn European Hornbeam Japanese Tree Lilac Katsura American Linden Littlelead Linden Silver Linden Saucer Magnolia Purple Leaf Plum Simple, Lobed London Plane Hedge Maple Japanese Maple Norway Maple Red Maple Rilver Maple Sugar Maple Sycamore Maple White Mulberry Eastern White Oak English Oak Northern Red Oak Pin Oak Sawtooth Oak Swamp White Oak Willow Oak Sweetgum Tuliptree Compound, Pinnate Tree of Heaven Green Ash White Ash Black Locust Honey Locust Goldenrain Tree Japanese Pagodatree Kentucky Pagodatree Compound, Chestnut 5. Tree People Tree Care Tips Bibliography Index

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