Research Catalog

Title

• Arboretum borealis : a lifeline of the planet / Diana Beresford-Kroeger ; photographs by Christian H. Kroeger.

Author

Beresford-Kroeger, Diana, 1944-

Publication

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

Kroeger, Christian H.

Description

154 p. : col. ill.; 22 x 28 cm.

Summary

"Nothing on earth compares to the Boreal forest to maintain life on this planet. The vast primeval forest stretches across the northern regions of the world, from northern Canada and Alaska to northern Europe, Russia, China, and Japan. Boreal species can be found in cooler temperate climates everywhere, including Michigan and other cool areas of the United States, and some outliers are even found in the tropics. The circumpolar runoff from the Boreal enriches the seas with nutrients in the spring. The evergreens of the Boreal act as a passive ground coolant. And the needles of the evergreens and the trichomal hairs of the deciduous trees comb the air free of harmful minute particulate pollution."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Forest plants > Canada
• Taiga ecology > Canada
• Taigas > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Nomenclature -- Caution -- TREES. Abies, Fir -- Alnus, Alder -- Ameliancher, Serviceberry -- Cornus, Dogwood -- Corylus, Hazel -- Juniperus, Juniper -- Larix, Tamarack, Larch -- Picea, Spruce -- Pinus, Pine -- Populus, Aspen, Poplar -- Populus balsamifera, Balsam Poplar -- Prunus, Cherry -- Salix, Willow -- Sorbus, Mountain Ash -- MEDICINAL PLANTS. Agastache, Hyssop -- Allium, Onion -- Apocynum, Spreading Dogbane -- Aralia, Wild Sarsaparilla -- Cornus, Bunchberry -- Empetrum, Crowberry -- Epilobium, Fireweed, Willow Herb -- Equisetum, Horsetail -- Fragaria, Strawberry -- Gaultheria hispidula, Wintergreen -- Gentiana, Gentian -- Inonotus, Poria, The Tinder Fungus -- Ledum, Labrador Tea -- Lonicera, Honeysuckle -- Mertensia, Bluebells -- Monarda, Bergamot -- Nuphar, Yellow Waterlily -- Polygonum, Bistort -- Polypodium, Common Polypody Fern -- Ribes, Currant -- Rosa, Prickly Rose -- Rubus, Raspberry -- Sarracenia, Pitcher Plant -- Solidago, Goldenrod -- Sphagnum, Peat Moss -- Typha, Cattail -- Umbilicaria, Rock Tripe -- Vaccinium, Blueberry -- Vaccinium, Bog Cranberry.

ISBN

• 9780472071142 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0472071149 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780472051144 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0472051148 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010014122

OCLC

607574167

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library