The Great Trees of New Brunswick, 2nd Edition
An Atlantic Bestseller

New Brunswick is home to more than five billion trees, many native to the Acadian forest and some exotics introduced by settlers. For this new edition of The Great Trees of New Brunswick (the first edition was published in 1987), forester David Palmer and conservationist Tracy Glynn have prepared a book that doubles as an informative guide to the province's native and introduced species and a compendium of "champion" trees, drawn from nominations from all corners of the province.

Divided into sections on hardwoods, softwoods, and exotics and lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs, The Great Trees of New Brunswick features chapters on all thirty-two native species and nine introduced species. Each chapter includes information on the tree's defining features, habitat and uses, as well as photographs and a detailed description of champion trees. Rounding out the book is an introductory essay on the Acadian forest — its history, survival, and future.

Whether you're an avid hiker, outdoors person, or simply someone who wants to know more about the trees of the Acadian forest, you'll find The Great Trees of New Brunswick to be an essential reference to New Brunswick's forests and its panoply of trees.

Co-published with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick

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The Great Trees of New Brunswick, 2nd Edition
An Atlantic Bestseller

New Brunswick is home to more than five billion trees, many native to the Acadian forest and some exotics introduced by settlers. For this new edition of The Great Trees of New Brunswick (the first edition was published in 1987), forester David Palmer and conservationist Tracy Glynn have prepared a book that doubles as an informative guide to the province's native and introduced species and a compendium of "champion" trees, drawn from nominations from all corners of the province.

Divided into sections on hardwoods, softwoods, and exotics and lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs, The Great Trees of New Brunswick features chapters on all thirty-two native species and nine introduced species. Each chapter includes information on the tree's defining features, habitat and uses, as well as photographs and a detailed description of champion trees. Rounding out the book is an introductory essay on the Acadian forest — its history, survival, and future.

Whether you're an avid hiker, outdoors person, or simply someone who wants to know more about the trees of the Acadian forest, you'll find The Great Trees of New Brunswick to be an essential reference to New Brunswick's forests and its panoply of trees.

Co-published with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick

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The Great Trees of New Brunswick, 2nd Edition

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Overview

An Atlantic Bestseller

New Brunswick is home to more than five billion trees, many native to the Acadian forest and some exotics introduced by settlers. For this new edition of The Great Trees of New Brunswick (the first edition was published in 1987), forester David Palmer and conservationist Tracy Glynn have prepared a book that doubles as an informative guide to the province's native and introduced species and a compendium of "champion" trees, drawn from nominations from all corners of the province.

Divided into sections on hardwoods, softwoods, and exotics and lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs, The Great Trees of New Brunswick features chapters on all thirty-two native species and nine introduced species. Each chapter includes information on the tree's defining features, habitat and uses, as well as photographs and a detailed description of champion trees. Rounding out the book is an introductory essay on the Acadian forest — its history, survival, and future.

Whether you're an avid hiker, outdoors person, or simply someone who wants to know more about the trees of the Acadian forest, you'll find The Great Trees of New Brunswick to be an essential reference to New Brunswick's forests and its panoply of trees.

Co-published with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781773100951
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Publication date: 05/28/2019
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

David Palmer was the manager of the York, Sunbury and Charlotte County Forest Products Marketing Board from 1988 to 2014. A regular contributor to Atlantic Forestry Review, Palmer holds an MSc in Forestry from the University of New Brunswick and is a past president of both the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and the Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick.

A native of Miramichi and daughter of a horse-logging father, Tracy Glynn has been the forest campaigner at the Conservation Council of New Brunswick since 2006. Glynn also teaches at the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, writes and coordinates editing for the NB Media Co-op, and works with land defenders across Turtle Island, Indonesia, the Philippines, Guatemala, Colombia, and beyond.

Arielle DeMerchant is a biologist for the Department of Environment and Local Government in New Brunswick. She's also an avid nature photographer. Her work can be seen on her website www.adnaturephotography.com.

Table of Contents

In Memory of David Folster 9

Foreword 11

Introduction to the 2nd Edition 13

Location Map of the Great Trees 16

The Acadian Forest 19

Hardwoods

The Ashes 25

Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) 27

Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) 31

White Ash (Fraxinus americana) 33

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) and Largetooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata) 39

Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) 47

Basswood (Tilia americana) 53

American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) 59

The Birches 63

Grey Birch (Betula populifolia) 65

White Birch (Betula papyrifera) 67

Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) 71

Butternut (Juglans cinerea) 79

Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) 83

White Elm (Ulmus americana) 87

Ironwood (Hophornbeam) (Ostrya virginiana) 95

The Maples 99

Red Maple (Acer rubrum) 101

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) 107

Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) 113

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) 117

The Oaks 125

Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) 127

Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) 135

Black Willow (Salix nigra) 143

Softwoods

Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) 149

Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) 153

Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) 159

The Pines 163

Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) 165

Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) 175

Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) 179

The Spruces 183

Black Spruce (Picea mariana) 185

Red Spruce (Picea rubens) 189

White Spruce (Picea glauca) 193

Tamarack (Larix laricina) 197

Exotics

Camperdown Elm (Ulmus glabra) 203

European Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) 207

Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) 211

Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo) 213

Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) 217

European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) 221

Carolina Poplar (Populus x canadensis) 225

Norway Spruce (Picea abies) 229

Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) 233

Acknowledgements 237

Great Tree Nominations 239

Status of the Original "Great Trees" 247

Sources 249

Index 261

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