Watts, May Theilgaard
Trees Native To This Region
Identifier
3.33823Format
Ink and colored pencil on white illustration boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
111.7 cm W x 40.2 cm H (Item)Extent
1 sheetType
DrawingDescription
A large illustration depicting a cross-section of hill with several types of trees growing down its slope. The trees are drawn in silhouette and are grouped into four categories based on location. Each tree is also accompanied by a line of color across the top indicating the color of its leaves in Fall as well as an outline of its leaf below.Header:
- TREES NATIVE TO THIS REGION
- THE COLOR LINE OVER EACH TREE / INDICATES ITS CHARACTERISTIC / FALL COLORING. NATIVE TREES / GIVE US THE BEST COLOR
- TREES OF OUR UPLANDS
- witch-hazel -- white oak -- red oak -- Hill's oak -- sugar maple -- ironwood -- shadbush -- shagbark hickory -- black cherry -- blue ash -- bur oak -- white ash -- linden
- TREES of the EDGE of the FOREST
- aspen -- sumac -- choke cherry -- wild crabapple -- hawthorn -- wild plum
- TREES of our LOWLANDS
- black ash -- slippery elm -- American elm -- walnut -- hackberry -- cottonwood -- black willow -- silver maple
- TREES of our SWAMPS
- [sour gum] tupelo -- yellow birch -- tamarack -- red maple -- poison sumac
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Trees--IdentificationNyssa sylvatica Marsh. (tupelo)
Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. (tupelo)
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Shafer (poison sumac)
Ulmus americana L. (American elm)
Fraxinus nigra Marsh. (black ash)
Prunus serotina Ehrh. (black cherry)
Salix nigra Marsh. (black willow)
Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx. (blue ash)
Quercus macrocarpa Michx. (bur oak)
Prunus virginiana L. (choke cherry)
Populus angulata Ait. (cottonwood)
Celtis L. (hackberry)
Crataegus L. (hawthorn)
Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J.Hill (Hill's oak)
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (ironwood)
Tilia L. (linden)
Populus tremuloides Michx. (quaking aspen)
Acer rubrum L. (red maple)
Quercus rubra L. (northern red oak)
Amelanchier Medic. (serviceberry)
Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch (shagbark hickory)
Acer saccharinum L. (silver maple)
Ulmus rubra Muhl. (slippery elm)
Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple)
Rhus L. (sumac)
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch (tamarack)
Juglans L. (walnut)
Fraxinus americana L. (white ash)
Quercus alba L. (white oak)
Prunus americana Marsh. (wild plum)
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. (wild sweet crabapple)
Hamamelis L. (witch-hazel)
Betula alleghaniensis Britton (yellow birch)
