Browsing by people, organizations and landmarks: object type:
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103209)
Date: 1969Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This check list is an alphabetical index listing all the vascular plants that have been found growing wild in the Chicago area--in other words, a list of those plants which constitute the local flora. It is arranged for quick reference like a dictionary or encyclopedia so that plants may be looked up by either their scientific names or their common names. It attempts to supply the following kinds of information about each plant listed:
Other scientific names by which the plant is known in the manuals commonly used by Chicago area botanists.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
It discusses in some cases current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant--either classification or nomenclature or both.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
It discusses in some cases current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant--either classification or nomenclature or both.
Extent: xxii, 445 p.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103210)
Date: 1974Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This check list is an alphabetical index listing all the vascular plants that have been found growing wild in the Chicago area--in other words, a list of those plants which constitute the local flora. It is arranged for quick reference like a dictionary or encyclopedia so that plants may be looked up by either their scientific names or their common names. It attempts to supply the following kinds of information about each plant listed:
Other scientific names by which the plant is known in the manuals commonly used by Chicago area botanists.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
Current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant, where such problems have come to the author's attention.
Extent: xxiv, 474 p.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103211)
Date: 1979Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This book is principally an annotated checklist of the spontaneous vascular plant taxa of the Chicago Region, including distribution maps and identification keys. In addition it includes a section describing a method applicable to the Chicago Region for the environmental assessment of open lands from a vegetational standpoint.
Extent: lxxiii, 922 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103212)
Date: 1994Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This book is principally an annotated checklist of the spontaneous vascular flora of the Chicago region. The checklist includes distribution maps, identification keys, flowering phenology, and relevant discussions of infraspecific taxa.
Extent: xiv, 921 p.
Woody Plants of the Morton Arboretum (3.103318)
Date: 1972Type: Book
Description:This handlist is an index, listing alphabetically by genus and species all the scientific names under which living woody plants are currently being grown out-of-doors at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A.
Includes a fold-out map at the back of the book.
Extent: xiii, 250 p.
Woody Plants of the Morton Arboretum (3.103319)
Date: 1990Type: Book
Description:This handlist, compiled by Arboretum staff, is an effort to help visitors at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, find on the Arboretum grounds, living specimens of woody plants they want to see. The handlist consists mainly of an alphabetical list of the kinds of woody plants present on the grounds.
Includes a fold-out map and index at the back of the book.
Extent: xx, 506 p.
A Magnificent Garden of Trees (3.103323)
Date: 2022Creator: Botts, Beth
Type: Book
Description:A book commemorating The Morton Arboretum's centennial celebration. Features information about the history and work of the Arboretum.
Extent: vii, 168 p.
Tree and Shrub Handbook: Selection, Care, Pests, Diseases (3.106058)
Date: 1999Type: Book
Description:First edition of the Tree and Shrub Handbook: Selection, Care, Pests, Diseases. Published by The Morton Arboretum.
The Tree and Shrub Handbook expands on the work included in the Tree Care Handbook by Gary Watson (1994) by incorporating information on shrubs, and also by providing updated information on the selection and care of these plants.
Tree and Shrub Handbook: Selection, Care, Pests, Diseases [Second Edition] (3.106059)
Date: 2002Type: Book
Description:The revised and expanded second edition of the Tree and Shrub Handbook: Selection, Care, Pests, Diseases. Published by The Morton Arboretum.
The Tree and Shrub Handbook expands on the work included in the Tree Care Handbook by Gary Watson (1994) by incorporating information on shrubs, and also by providing updated information on the selection and care of these plants. The second edition enhances the handbook's scope even more by adding 16 new titles on plant selection, care, pests, and diseases.
The Urban Tree Book: An Uncommon Field Guide for City and Town (3.107412)
Date: 2000Type: Book
Description:Written by Arthur Plotnik in consultation with The Morton Arboretum.
Open The Urban Tree Book and discover the joys of forest trekking--right in your city or town. This first-of-a-kind field guide introduces readers to the trees on their block, in neighborhood parks, and throughout the urban landscape. Unlike traditional tree guides with dizzying numbers of woodland species, The Urban Tree Book explores nature in the city, describing some 200 tree types likely to be found on North America's streets and surrounding spaces, including suburban settings.
Extent: 432 p.
Buyers' Guide to Native Plants of the Chicago Region (3.58845)
Date: 1963Creator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Book
Tree Inventory, Tree Appraisal, and Soil Resource Inventory of a Portion of the Northwestern University Campus, Evanston, Illinois (3.62542)
Date: 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Book
Tree & Shrub Handbook: Selection, Care, Pests, Diseases (3.62624)
Date: 2002Type: Book
Description:In 1994, under the guidance of Morton Arboretum researcher Dr. Gary Watson, and with support from the USDA Forest Service, The Morton Arboretum published the Tree Care Guide Handbook as an easy, practical guide. In 1999, we expanded the guide's emphasis to include shrubs and other plants, and retitled it in the Tree & Shrub Handbook. The handbook is popular with homeowners, horticulturists, arborists, landscapers, and others who appreciate its application to Midwest landscapes. The second edition enhances the handbook's scope even more by adding 16 new titles on plant selection, care, pests, and diseases.
Much of the handbook's information reflects the Arboretum's research and horticulture experience, as well as the expertise, as well as the expertise of our research and green industry colleagues in the Midwest and around the globe.