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Trees of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  • be hoped that this booklet will serve to encourage many of its readers to go on, to continue their interest in trees beyond its limited scope. With that in mind, the following sources are listed, in gratitude and in admiration. Coker, W. C, and Totten, H. R., Trees of the Southeastern States, Univ. of North Carolina, 1934. Hoffman, H. L., Check List of Vascular Plants of the Great Smoky Mountains, reprint from Castanea 29:1-45. Sargent, C. S., Manual of the Trees of North America, Houghton Mifflin, 1933. Shanks, R. E., Reference List of Native Plants of the Great Smoky Mountains, Botany Dept., Univ. of Tennessee, 1954. Stupka, A., Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Univ. of Tennessee, 1964. Common names, as used in this booklet, are those given in the Checklist of Native and Naturalized Trees of the United States, Little, E. L., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Handbook 41, 1953. The beginner should be advised that the officially accepted name is sometimes at variance with common, and common-sense, usage, although more often it is both logical and clearly descriptive. The tuliptree is still known as yellow-poplar, but it is not even vaguely related to the poplars; yellow pine, with needles longer than pitch, scrub, or Table Mountain pines, must be called shortleaf; and scrub pine, far more common in other states, must be called Virginia pine. The person who has taken the time to learn to identify the trees around him is fortunate; wherever he goes where trees grow, he is among friends. In these days, trees, and the parks in which so many of them grow, need all the friends that they can get. This booklet is intended to be an introduction to the enjoyment that may be derived from this simplest approach to botany, and to strengthen the bond between the interested and intelligent visitor and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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