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Trees Every Child Should Know

Name: Trees Every Child Should Know
Author: Julia Ellen Rogers

Julia Ellen Rogers

Read by MaryAnn · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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How to Know the Trees (4:25)
Autumn Studies - Shagbark Hickories, Disappointing Hickories, Black Walnut, Butternut (14:13)
English Walnut, Chestnut and Chinquapin, Beech, Witch Hazel (18:34)
White Oaks - White Oak, Bur or Mossy-cup Oak, Live Oak, Post Oak, Swamp White Oak, Chestnut Oak (16:28)
Black Oaks - Black Oak, Red Oak, Scarlet Oak, Pin Oak, Willow Oak (10:07)
Trees with Winged Seeds, Tree Seeds that have Parachutes (11:06)
Autumn Berries in the Woods, Changing Colour of the Autumn Woods (18:44)
Winter Studies - Trees We Know by Their Bark (13:03)
Trees We Know by their Shapes, Trees We Know by Their Thorns (9:55)
Needle-leaved Evergreens, Five-leaved Soft Pines, White Pine, Great Sugar Pine, Nut Pines (21:22)
Hard Pines, Southern Pitch Pines, Longleaf Pine, Shortleaf Pine, Cuban Pine, Loblolly Pine, Northern Pitch Pines, Cedars - White and Red (16:30)
Two Conifers Not Evergreen, Larches, Bald Cypress, Hollies, Burning Bush (11:29)
Spring Studies - The Awakening of the Trees, Trees that Bloom in Early Spring, The American Elm and its Kin (14:58)
The Maple Family, the Willow Family (19:59)
Why Trees Need Leaves, Leaves of All Shapes and Sizes (14:31)
Summer Studies - Trees with the Largest Flowers, Trees Most Showy in Bloom, Trees that Bloom in Midsummer (18:18)
The Early Berries in the Woods, The Sassafras, The Ash Family (14:25)
The Horse-chestnut and the Buckeyes, The Buckeyes, The Locusts and Other Pod-bearers (16:16)
Wild Apple Trees and their Kin, The Cherries, The Plums, The Serviceberries (15:34)
Valuable Sap of Trees, The Uses of Trees (19:59)
Identification Keys to Tree Groups and Families (10:29)