The wood of American Elm is very hard and was a valuable timber tree used for lumber, furniture, and veneer. The Native Americans once made canoes out of American Elm trunks, and early settlers would steam the
Finally we showed that trees east of the Rocky Mountains have larger ranges on average than trees to the west or in Mexico and that the proportion of deciduous compared to evergreen species increases with range size. Variation in range size among North American trees is not spatially random, ...
Trees Main | Trees Index | Elm IndexThe Morton Arboretum has one of the largest living Ulmus collections in the world.American Elms show prototypical vase shape of the Ulmus genus. Once a very popular and long-lived (300+ years) shade and street tree, American elm was decimated in the ...
American beautyberryis a fabulous small—to medium-sized deciduous shrub native to south-central and southeastern North America. As a popular landscaping plant, several cultivars are available, including dwarf varieties and some with pure white berries. American beautyberrygrows well in both full sun ...
Figure 1. Change predicted by six climate-change models in the size of climate envelopes of 130 North American trees from a 1971- 2000 baseline to three future time periods. (a) Scenario in which species move entirely into future climatic niches, (b) Scenario in which species move ...
The most comprehensive and user-friendly field guide to the trees of eastern North AmericaCovering 825 species, more than any comparable field guide, Trees of Eastern North America is the most comprehensive, best illustrated, and easiest-to-use book of its kind. Presenting all the native and na...
The German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt conducted an expedition through the American continent, alongside Aimé Bonpland, from 1799 to 1804. Before finally returning to Europe, they decided to take a side trip to the USA between May 20 and July 7, 1
Catalpa, also spelled Catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate regions of North America, the Caribbean, and east Asia. Catalpas are deciduous trees that grow to 18 metres (59 ft) tall and 12 metres (39 ft) wide. A 10-...
Life Stages: The moth matures through four life stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupae (cocoon), and moth. Egg masses may be found on trees, stones, walls, logs, lawn furniture, and other outdoor objects. Each egg mass can contain more than 1,000 eggs. The mass is covered with buff...
WHY GROW NORTH AMERICAN PAWPAWS? 1. The NA pawpaw has been growing in the United States for thousands of years & is well suited to the soils and climate. 2. History shows that the native cultures that once thrived in our region farmed large plantations of NA pawpaws. ...