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The mountains of Ashe County, in North Carolina's northwest corner, support an antediluvian mixed hardwood forest, rooted in nutrient-rich soil and watered by 40 to 60 inches of annual rainfall. From the highest peaks--approaching a mile above sea level--to the lowest valleys, through which flows one of the most ancient river systems in the world, trees carpet much of the county's 406 square miles.
Species with nicknames like wahoo, goosefoot, ironwood, shadblow, bom-a-gilly and buckeye thrive. Others, dominant in the region for millennia, have all but disappeared in recent years. The author describes in detail their anatomy and ecology, and discusses maple syrup production, the local nursery business and the lore and deep value of heritage apple trees; 165 photographs are included.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletevi
Introduction
History
Part I: Evergreens
Broadleaf Evergreens
American Holly 13 • Rosebay Rhododendron 15
Conifers
Carolina Hemlock 17 • White Pine 18 •
Virginia Pine 21 • Table Mountain Pine 21
Part II: Native Trees
The American Chestnut
The Beech Family
Chinquapin 29 • White Oak 29 • Northern Red Oak 32 •
Chestnut Oak 32 • American Beech 34
The Other Nut Trees
Buckeye 39 • Black Walnut 41 • Butternut 44 •
Pignut Hickory and Shagbark Hickory 45
The Maples
Red Maple 49 • Sugar Maple 53 • Black Maple 56 •
Striped Maple 56 • Mountain Maple 59
The Birches
Yellow Birch 60 • Black Birch 61 •
Blue Beech 63 • Hophornbeam 65
The Magnolias
Tulip Tree 67 • Wahoo 69 • Cucumber Tree 70
The River Trees
Black Willow 72 • Balsam Poplar 73 • Sycamore 75
The Cherries
Black Cherry 79 • Pin Cherry 80 • Choke Cherry 80
Serviceberry
Sassafras
Staghorn Sumac
Ash
American White Ash 92 • Mountain Ash 93
Linden
Tupelo or "Black Gum"
Hawthorn
Sourwood
Black/Yellow Locust
Witch Hazel
Flowering Dogwood
Poem: Bringing the Train to Todd
Part III: Introduced Trees
Introduction
Ornamental Trees
Ginkgo
Dawn Redwood
Bald Cypress
The Spruces
Red Spruce 137 • Colorado Blue Spruce 137 •
Norway Spruce 139 • White Spruce 141 •
Oriental Spruce 142
The Cedars
Red Cedar 144 • Deodara 146 • Atlantic Cedar 147
False Cypress
Hinoki Cypress 150 • Boulevard and Cripps Cypress 152 •
Alaskan Cedar 153 • Leyland Cypress 153
Arborvitae
The Firs
Concolor Fir 159 • Momi Fir 159 • Fraser Fir 161
Ornamental Flowering Trees
Flowering Cherry 164 • Purple Leaf Plum 164 •
Bloodgood Japanese Maple 166 • Fringe Tree 167 •
Redbud 168 • Kousa Dogwood 169 • Rose of Sharon 171
Escaped Trees
Chinese Ailanthus 173 • Mimosa 173 •
Big Tooth Aspen 174 • Paulownia 175
Cottonwood and Weeping Willow
Crimson King Norway Maple
Ornamental Birches
River Birch 182 • European Birch 182 •
Paper Birch 185 • Asian Birch 186
Ornamental Pears
Bradford 188 • Aristocrat 188
Chinese Chestnut
Catawba Tree
Silver Maple
Part IV: Tree Culture
Tree Nursery
Four Seasons
Protected Land
Maple Syrup
Apples
Force of Nature
Christmas Tree Farming
Landscaping
Index
