Zamia pseudoparasitica,
a Cycad.
American Forests. 1996. The 1996-1997 National Register of Big Trees. Washington, DC: American Forests.
Burns, R.M. and B.H. Honkala. 1990. Silvics of North America, Vol. 1, Conifers. Washington DC: U.S.D.A. Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 654. Can be viewed online at http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm
Cheng, W. C. and L. K. Fu, eds. 1987. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Tomus 7: Gymnospermae. Beijing: Kexue Chubanshe.
In Chinese. English title, Flora of China - Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, and Angiospermae / Dicotyledoneae / Archichlamydeae.
Critchfield, William B. and Elbert L. Little. 1966. Geographic distribution of the pines of the world." U.S.D.A. Forest Service Miscellaneous Publication 991.
Dallimore, William, Albert Bruce Jackson, and S.G. Harrison. 1967. A handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae, 4th ed. New York: St. Martin's Press. xix, 729 p.
Elias, Thomas S. 1987. The complete trees of North America; a field guide and natural history. NY: Gramercy Publ. Co.
One of the most comprehensive sources for this part of the planet.
Atlas Florae Europaeae. 1998. Computer program available for download at URL=http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/afe.html, accessed 12-May-1999.
Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.
An extraordinary book. This and the preceding (1984) volume on Pinus describe and provide outstanding line drawings for every species in the Pinaceae.
Farjon, A., and B.T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 75. New York, NY: The New York Botanical Garden.
The current state of the art for pines of Mexico and Central America. It is a particularly welcome volume because the taxonomy of these pines has been deeply puzzling to botanists for over a century; this work clears up many old mysteries. Excellent supplementary material on anatomy, pollen morphology, ethnobotany, etc. Outstanding line drawings by Rosemary Wise. Can be purchased online from the NYBG website.
Farjon, Aljos. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Richmond, U.K.: Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Harden, Gwen J. (ed.). 1990. Flora of New South Wales. Kensington, NSW, Australia : New South Wales University Press.
Jones, David L. 1993. Cycads of the world. Australia: Reed Books.
The well-illustrated current standard work. Offers considerable information on cultivation and propagation of cycads. Highly recommended.
Lanner, Ronald M. 1981. The piñon pine. Reno: University of Nevada Press.
de Laubenfels, David J. 1969. A revision of the Malesian and Pacific rainforest conifers, I. Podocarpaceae, in part. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 50:274-314.
de Laubenfels, David J. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the genus Podocarpus. Blumea 30:51-278.
de Laubenfels, David J. 1988. Coniferales. P. 337-453 in Flora Malesiana, Series I, Vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
Li Hiu-Lin. 1975. Flora of Taiwan, V.1, parts 1-8. Taipei: Epoch Publishing.
Little, Elbert L. Jr. 1980. The Audubon Society field guide to North American trees. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Useful photographs. Coverage is limited to the United States and Canada.
Liu Yeh-ching. 1970. Colored illustrations of important trees in Taiwan. Taiwan: publisher uncertain.
Mitchell, A.F., V.E. Hallett and J.E.J. White. 1990. Champion trees in the British Isles. Forestry Comission Field Book 10. 33p.
Packee et al. 1981.
Loose end, cited in True Fir symposium volume.
Palmer, Eve and Norah Pitman. 1972. Trees of southern Africa, covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema.
Peattie, Donald Culross. 1950. A natural history of western trees. New York: Bonanza.
Illustrated with woodcuts by Paul Landacre and presenting considerable information (ca. 2-10 pages) on most species treated, i.e., those native to the western continental United States. Poetic. Offers some ethnobotanical detail.
Perry, Jesse P. 1991. The pines of Mexico and Central America. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
Outstanding recent treatment, with sections on geologic history, natural history, taxonomy, present status, and rare/endangered species.
Richardson, D.M. (ed.). 1998. Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55176-5.
An outstanding volume, representing the work of 40 recognized experts, with 22 chapters addressing subjects as diverse as systematics, late Quaternary population dynamics, regional surveys, the role of fire, the evolution of life histories, genetic variation, seed dispersal, ecophysiology, mycorrhiza and soils, diseases and insect interactions, cultivation, and pines as invaders in the southern hemisphere.
Schmid, Maurice. 1981. Fleurs et plantes de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Les Éditions du Pacifique. ISBN 2-85700-117-7, ISSN 0240-0936.
Schultes, Richard Evans, and Robert F. Raffauf. 1990. The healing forest: medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazonia. Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press.
Silba, J. 1986. An international census of the Coniferae. Phytologia memoir no. 8. Corvallis, Or.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke.
van Gelderen, D.M. and J.R.P. van Hoey Smith. 1986. Conifers, 2nd ed. Portland: Timber Press.
The authors have made a fairly earnest effort to provide color photographs of every conifer species. There's a strong emphasis on horticulture.
Van Royen, P. 1979. The alpine flora of New Guinea. Germany: J. Kramer.
Vidakovic, Mirko. 1991. Conifers: morphology and variation. Translated from Croatian by Maja Soljan. Croatia: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske.
The most recent comprehensive treatment of conifers.
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