Identifier: treebookpopularg1920roge (find matches)Title: The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivationYear: 1920 (1920s)Authors: Rogers, Julia Ellen, b. 1866Subjects: TreesPublisher: New York : Doubleday, PageContributing Library: Harold B. Lee LibraryDigitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young UniversityView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:THE POISON SUMACH (Rhus Vernix) White berries in drooping clusters, growing withsmooth foliage of brilliant autumn colouring inswampy ground set apart the deadliest of the sumachs.Touching the plant is far worse than handling poisonivy. The twigs are pale grey in winter, dottedthickly with lenticels (breathing pores) THE DWARF SUMACH (Rhus cofallina) This tree is shrubby in the North. The new growth is coatedwith fine, silky down. The leaves are lustrous and smooth above,and lined with soft hairs. The central leaf stalk is wing-marginedbetween the pairs of leaflets. The twigs are brown and markedwith breathing pores. The prominent leaf scars give the twigsa zigzag appearance.Text Appearing After Image:A. Pistillate flowers B. Fruit cluster Staminate flowers THE SMOOTH SUMACH (Rhus glabra) This is rarely a tree at all, but is familiar as a roadside shrub. The foliage and flower cluster are smooth, the stems coatedwith a pale bloom. The ruddy leaves and fruit glow brightly against duller backgrounds in autumn and winter. A pleasantbeverage is made of the acid fruits. This is one of the best sumachs for decorative planting, especially for autumn effects The Sumachs and the Smoke Tree colour effects. Its habit of spreading by root suckers makesit objectionable for planting except in situations where thetrees can spread unchecked, and the massed effect of thefoliage can be enjoyed at some distance. The fern-likeleaves are much larger if the plants are cut back severelyeach spring. For screen and border shrubs this species isvery satisfactory. The Dwarf, Black, or Mountain Sumach (Rhus copallina,Linn.), is the soft, velvety species, fully as handsome, if not quiteas large, as the precediNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Rhus ovata Sugarbush. At the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California, USA. Date: 9 July 2008. Source: Own work. Author: Stickpen. Permission (Reusing this file): released to public domain.
Summary[edit] Rhus typhina. Photographer: AnRo0002. Description: Deutsch: Essigbaum (Rhus typhina) am Erlichsee bei Oberhausen-Rheinhausen. Place of discoveryOberhausen-Rheinhausen. Date: Taken on 19 April 2015. Source: Own work. Licensing[edit] : This file is made available under the Creative CommonsCC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Rhus typhina L. - staghorn sumac. Date: 1996. Source: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Author: Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Courtesy of ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS ND State Office. United States, ND.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Rhus typhina autumn foliage. Date: 14 May 2007 (original upload date). Source: Own work by the original uploader. Author: Velocicaptor.