Forest Trees of Illinois: How to Know Them — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Forest Trees of Illinois: How to Know Them
John Stuart Mill · en
Oaks, of Illinois, a key 23
Ohio buckeye 59
Orange, osage 37
Papaw 41
Paulownia 66
Pecan 15
Persimmon 63
Pine, Austrian 4
jack 5
Scotch 5
shortleaf 5
white 4
Plane tree 44
Plum, Canada 49
wild 49
wild goose 49
yellow 49
Poplar, balsam 9
Carolina 9
European white 9
Lombardy 9
yellow 40
Redbud 52
Red cedar 7
Sassafras 42
Service-berry 46
smooth 46
Shadblow 46
Sour gum 62
Spruce, Norway 5
Sweet gum 43
Sumac, shining 55
smooth 55
staghorn 55
Sycamore 44
European 44
Tamarack 6
Thorn, cock-spur 47
dotted 47
pear 47
Washington 48
Tree of Heaven 54
Tulip tree 40
Tupelo gum 62
Walnut, black 11
white 12
Willow, black 10
crack 10
peach-leaved 10
weeping 10
white 10
See pages 70 and 71 for Index of Scientific Names
+WHITE PINE+ _Pinus strobus_ L.
[Illustration: WHITE PINE
Two-thirds natural size.]
THE white pine is found along the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan in
Lake and Cook counties and is also scattered along river bluffs in Jo
Daviess, Carroll, Ogle and LaSalle counties. The only grove of this
beautiful tree in Illinois is in the White Pines Forest State Park near
Oregon, Ogle County, where there are trees over 100 years old that have
attained a height of 90 feet with a diameter of 30 inches. This tree
formerly formed the most valuable forests in the northeastern United
States, stretching from Maine through New York to Minnesota. The
straight stem, regular pyramidal shape and soft gray-green foliage made
it universally appreciated as an ornamental tree and it has been freely
planted throughout the State.