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Editor's Note vii Preface ix How to Use This Book 1 Illustrated Plan of the Six Main Sections 18-19 PLATES 21 SPECIES ACCOUNTS 117 I. Trees with Needlelike or Scalelike Leaves, Mostly Evergreen (Plates 1-10) 119 Conifers with Clustered Needles 120 Conifers with Single Needles in Woody Pegs 145 Conifers with Small Scalelike Leaves 167 II. Broad-leaved Trees with Opposite Compound Leaves (Plates 11-14) 187 III. Broad-leaved Trees with Opposite Simple Leaves (Plates 15-17) 205 IV. Broad-leaved Trees with Alternate Compound Leaves (Plates 18-25) 219 Trees with Thorns 220 Trees Thornless and Leaves Once-compound Leaflets Toothed 236 Leaflets Not Toothed 244 Thornless Southwestern Trees with Alternate Leaves Twice-compound 254 V. Broad-leaved Trees with Alternate Simple Leaves (Plates 26-46) 258 Leafless Desert Trees with Twigs Spine-tipped 258 Trees with Side Thorns 263 Thornless Trees Leaves Fan-lobed 273 Leaves Fan-veined 279 Leaves Feather-veined: 293 Leaves Double-toothed 336 Leaf Teeth Single or Lacking 352 VI. Palms, Cacti, and Yuccas (Plate 47) 376 Appendix A: Key to Trees in Leafless Condition 391 Appendix B: Plant Relationships 398 Glossary 402 References 408 Photo Credits 412 Index 414