The Trees of California

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Item:: Book
Title:: The Trees of California
Author:: TWillis Linn Jepson
Illustrator:: Mary H. Swift
Printer:: Cunningham, Curtis & Welch
Place of Printing:: San Francisco
Date of Printing:: 1909
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Donated by:: Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Willis Linn Jepson (1867-1946). California botanist who served as a professor of botany at University of California, Berkeley. He was an author of many books on botany including The Flora of California. He is buried in Vacaville, CA.s

The Book

228 pages. Illustrated with 125 original figures.

Preface 7
Leading Characteristics of the Trees of California 13
List of Species of California Trees 13
Peculiar and Local Species 16
Forest Provinces 18
Sierra Nevada 18
North Coast Ranges 19
South Coast Ranges 20
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys 20
Southern California 20
Barren Foothills and Treeless Plains 21
Arboreal Islands 23
The "Klamath Mountains" 25
A Historical Sketch of Sequoia 27
-Native Trees in Relation to Periodic Fires 29
Fire-type Pines 31
Second-growth Circles 32
Different Forms of Leaves 34
Food Products of the Native Trees 36
Local Tree Distribution and the Indian Tribes 38
National and State Parks in California 39
National Forests in California 43
Purpose of National Forests 43
Common Names 45
Exploration : Far Afield and Locally 48
Key to the Families 50
Pine Family 53
Redwood Family 101
Cypress Family 111
Yew Family 125
Lily Family 129
Palm Family 131
Willow Family 133
Walnut Family 144
Birch Family 147
Oak Family 152
Plane Family 179
Laurel Family 182
Rose Family 185
Pea Family 190
Buckeye Family 195
Maple Family 199
Cactus Family 205
Dogwood Family 206
Heath Family 207
Ash Family 210
Bignonia Family 214
Honeysuckle Family 215
Additions and Corrections 217
Geographical Index 218
Glossary 219
General Index 223

An online version of this book can be found at the following websites:

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Front Cover

End Papers

Other books by Jepson

Frontispiece & Title

Copyright

Preface

pg 8-9

Contents

List of Species

pg 16

Figures 3 & 4

Figures 5 & 6

Figures 7 & 8

a Figures 7 & 8

Figure 9 One Leaf Pinon

pg 18-19

pg 20-21

pg 22-23

pg 24-25

pg 26-27

pg 28-29

pg 30-31

pg 32-33

Figures 11 &12

Figures 13 & 14 Redwoods

a Figures 13 & 14 Redwoods

Figures 15 & 16 Redwoods

a Figures 15 & 16 Redwoods

Figures 17 & 18 Redwoods

Figures 19 Redwppd & 20 Monterey Cypress

a Figures 19 Redwppd & 20 Monterey Cypress

pg 32-33

pg 34-35

pg 36-37

pg 38-39

pg 40-41

pg 42-43

pg 44-45

pg 46-47

pg 48-49

Fig. 23 Calif Fan Palm Fig. 24 Tan Oak

Fig. 25 Calif Black Oak Fig. 26 Madrona

Fig. 27 Sugar Pine Fig. 28 Valley Oak

Fig 29 Douglas Fir, Fig 30 Interior Live Oak, Fig. 21 Blue Oak

Fig. 32 &33

pg 48-50

pg 50-51

pg 52-53

pg 54-55

pg 56

Fig. 36 Sugar Pine

pg 57

pg 58-59

pg 60-61

pg 62-63

pg 64-65

pg 66-67

pg 68-69

pg 70-71

pg 72-73

pg 74-75

pg 76-77

pg 78-79

pg 80-81

Figure 15 Redwood

pg 216-217

Geographic Index & Glossary

Glossary

Glossary & General Index

General Index

Tideland Spruce

Weeping Spruce

Coast Hemlock

Mountain Hemlock

White Fir

Red Fir

Santa Lucia Fir

Big Tree

Redwood

Canoe Cedar

Willow

Willow Leaves

Common Cottonwood

California Walnut

Red Alder

Fig. 85 Valley Oak

Oregon Oak

Oak

Coast Live Oak

California Black Oak

Tan Oak

California Laurel

Buckeye

Big-Leaf Maple

Madrona

Fig. 117 Blue Elderberry

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