Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest

Harmon P. Weeks, Sally S. Weeks

Description

As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as covering indigenous species, it also includes all currently known invasive shrubs. Written by two leading experts in plant taxonomy, the guide is prepared in the same attractive, easy-to-use format as the bestselling Native Trees of the Midwest. Descriptive text explains how to identify every species in any season, and original color photographs taken by Sally Weeks detail all important characteristics. The authors provide practical guidance concerning the potential ornamental value of each species for those interested in landscaping and also evaluate their potential value for encouraging wildlife. Designed for experts in natural resource management as well as the interested general public, the volume includes distribution maps, identification keys, and an index of both common and Latin names.
Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Illustrated Glossary

Native Shrubs

Conifers: juniper, yew

Broadleaf

Evergreen, opposite branching, simple leaves: partridgeberry, mistletoe

Evergreen, alternate branching, simple leaves: downy bog rosemary, bearberry, leatherleaf, trailing arbutus, wintergreen, mountain laurel

Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: buttonbush, bunchberry, dogwood, bush honeysuckle, wahoo, hydrangea, St. Andrew’s cross, St. John’s wort, honeysuckle, buffaloberry, coralberry, viburnum

Deciduous, opposite branching, compound leaves: elderberry, bladdernut

Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: alder, serviceberry, chokeberry, barberry, birch, New Jersey teas, hackberry, sweetfern, dogwood, hazelnuts, hawthorn, leatherwood, huckleberry, witchhazel, false heather, hollies, sweetspire, spicebush, pachysandra, ninebark, cherries, oak, buckthorn, gooseberries, raspberry, willows, spireas, snowbells, blueberries

Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: false indigos, cinquefoil, hoptree, sumac, rose, blackberry/raspberry, poison sumac, prickly-ash

Native Vines

Evergreen, opposite branching, compound leaves: crossvine

Evergreen, alternate branching, simple leaves: cranberry

Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: honeysuckle

Deciduous, opposite branching, compound leaves: trumpet creeper

Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: raccoon grape, pipevine, bittersweet, moonseed, greenbrier, grape

Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: Virginia creeper, poison-ivy, wisteria

Introduced Shrubs

Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: burningbush, privet, honeysuckle, buckthorn

Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: barberry, autumn olive, buckthorn

Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: rose

Introduced Vines

Evergreen, opposite branching, simple leaves: wintercreeper, periwinkle

Evergreen, alternate branching, simple leaves: English ivy

Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: honeysuckle

Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: bittersweet

Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: kudzu, wisteria

Other Introduced, Escaped Species in the Midwest

Native-Plant Nurseries in the Midwest

How to Use Keys

Summer Keys

Winter Keys

Species Keys

Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors

Sujets

• Jardinage
• Arbres
• Arbres
• Arbre
• Indiana
• Middle West
• United States
• General
• Regional
• Gardening
• Region
• Shrub
• Midwestern United States
• General officer
• Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos
• Plants
• Midwest
• Shrubs

Informations

• Publié par: Purdue University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781612491455
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 24 Mo

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Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest
Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest
Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use
Sally S. Weeks
Harmon P. Weeks, Jr.
with a Foreword by Michael A. Homoya
West Lafayette, Indiana / Purdue University Press
Copyright 2012 by Purdue University. All rights reserved. Printed in China.
Range maps by Michael A. Black, Rita Blythe, Suzannah Armstrong Rogers, and Amy Wetzel.
All images by Sally S. Weeks.
Drawings in the glossary section are taken from C. S. Sargent, Silva of North America (Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1890–1902).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weeks, Sally S., 1956-
Shrubs and woody vines of Indiana and the Midwest : identification, wildlife values, and landscaping use / Sally S. Weeks and Harmon P. Weeks, Jr. ; with a foreword by Michael Homoya.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-55753-610-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-61249-144-8 (epdf) -- ISBN 978-1-61249-145-5 (epub) 1. Shrubs--Indiana--Identification. 2. Shrubs--Middle West--Identification. 3. Woody plants--Indiana--Identification. 4. Woody plants--Middle West--Identification. I. Weeks, Harmon Patrick, 1944- II. Title.
QK159.W38 2012
582.1609772--dc23
2011033215
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Illustrated Glossary
Native Shrubs
Conifers: juniper , yew
Broadleaf
Evergreen, opposite branching, simple leaves: partridgeberry , mistletoe
Evergreen, alternate branching, simple leaves: downy bog rosemary , bearberry , leatherleaf , trailing arbutus , wintergreen , mountain laurel
Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: buttonbush , bunchberry , dogwood , bush honeysuckle , wahoo , hydrangea , St. Andrew’s cross , St. John’s wort , honeysuckle , buffaloberry , coralberry , viburnum
Deciduous, opposite branching, compound leaves: elderberry , bladdernut
Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: alder , serviceberry , chokeberry , barberry , birch , New Jersey teas , hackberry , sweetfern , dogwood , hazelnuts , hawthorn , leatherwood , huckleberry , witchhazel , false heather , hollies , sweetspire , spicebush , pachysandra , ninebark , cherries , oak , buckthorn , gooseberries , raspberry , willows , spireas , snowbells , blueberries
Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: false indigos , cinquefoil , hoptree , sumac , rose , blackberry / raspberry , poison sumac , prickly-ash
Native Vines
Evergreen, opposite branching, compound leaves: crossvine
Evergreen, alternate branching, simple leaves: cranberry
Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: honeysuckle
Deciduous, opposite branching, compound leaves: trumpet creeper
Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: raccoon grape , pipevine , bittersweet , moonseed , greenbrier , grape
Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: Virginia creeper , poison-ivy , wisteria
Introduced Shrubs
Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: burningbush , privet , honeysuckle , buckthorn
Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: barberry , autumn olive , buckthorn
Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: rose
Introduced Vines
Evergreen, opposite branching, simple leaves: wintercreeper , periwinkle
Evergreen, alternate branching, simple leaves: English ivy
Deciduous, opposite branching, simple leaves: honeysuckle
Deciduous, alternate branching, simple leaves: bittersweet
Deciduous, alternate branching, compound leaves: kudzu , wisteria
Other Introduced, Escaped Species in the Midwest
Native-Plant Nurseries in the Midwest
How to Use Keys
Summer Keys
Winter Keys
Species Keys
Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Foreword
As a field botanist I am always looking for good reference material regarding our midwestern flora. The early twentieth century works by Charles C. Deam, including his monumental Flora of Indiana, have been invaluable and continue to be so, but over the years new information has been garnered, including changes in taxonomy and nomenclature. Until recently our best source for shrubs and woody vines of the state has been the 1932 edition of Deam’s Shrubs of Indiana. Now 80 years later I am pleased to report that we have a much needed update on that group in this, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest, by Sally S. Weeks and Harmon P. Weeks, Jr.
This book is a treasure trove of information about shrubs that botanists and novices alike will find useful. It is replete with excellent photos of multiple observable features of each shrub species, presented in a systematic way to allow quick and efficient comparison between them. The text includes considerable information not only on how to identify the plant in hand, but also details on its habitat, wildlife uses, and possible use in the home landscape. Regarding the latter, such information is particularly pertinent today given the negative consequences and economic impacts that are occurring from those exotic landscaping plants that are invasive and/or vectors of disease and pests.
I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Sally and Harmon (Mick) for many years and am aware of the considerable expertise and effort that they bring to this publication. They have traveled extensively within Indiana and the Midwest in their hunt to take photos and study the plants in their native habitat. They have also grown many of them on their property and have carefully documented their growth and development. All of this information and much more are included in this attractive and useful book. It is clearly a must-have book for anyone interested in learning about our native shrubs.
Sally credits Charles Deam and his knowledge and enthusiasm for plants as inspiration to produce this important work. Charlie was indeed a dedicated student of our native flora, and he appreciated those people who felt similarly. With this book I can certainly imagine that he would be well pleased. I think you will be too.
Michael A. Homoya
State Botanist for the Indiana
Division of Nature Preserves
Preface
For the past quarter century I have worn out all available midwestern field guides if they had any reference to native shrubs, and I have traveled extensively in search of these woody gems. Some of the classic books that are my favorites include Flora of Indiana, by Charles C. Deam; Michigan Flora, by Edward G. Voss; The Woody Plants of Ohio, by E. Lucy Braun; Trees and Shrubs of Kentucky, by Mary E. Wharton and Roger W. Barbour; Plants of the Chicago Region, by Floyd Swink and Gerould Wilhelm; Shrubs and Woody Vines of Missouri, by Don Kurz; and Shrubs of Ontario, by James H. Soper and Margaret L. Heimburger. Publications by Robert H. Mohlenbrock from Illinois are a must as well.
For nearly the same length of time, I have envisioned a field guide focusing on shrubs and woody vines with color plates that would be a more powerful tool to use in educating people about the plethora of natives we might encounter and could be using (or at least attempt to use) in our landscapes. In 2008, Welby R. Smith, a botanist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, published Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota —a nearly perfect version of my “dream book”—which certainly helped spur me on to write my own. So it is with great excitement (and relief) that this project has come to fruition.
There are several important things my husband, Harmon P. Weeks, Jr., and I want to point out regarding how and why we wrote what we wrote. Our backgrounds are in wildlife and forestry, not horticulture and landscaping. Because of these backgrounds, our ideas of using natives are different from those of someone who has been trained horticulturally. The great botanist Charles C. Deam of Indiana said to know the plants you have to live with them, and so we have. Over the past twenty years, we have propagated and purchased as many native shrubs and woody vines as possible and watched them grow (or not). Much of our experience, and many of our comments, stem from this venture. Our personal landscaping goals have always revolved around attracting wildlife to the area and improving the landscape from an aesthetic as well as a diversity standpoint.
We do not claim that only natives or that all natives should be planted. There are many desirable introduced species that have proven themselves “well-behaved,” which have no invasive tendencies. Many add texture and color that are often not available with our native species. It also would be difficult to plant exclusively and extensively with native shrubs simply because so many are not currently commercially available. Additionally, there are some natives that are adapted to very unique microhabitats that are simply not reproducible in the average landscape.
But the Midwest has long been a stronghold for promoting natives. Jens Jensen and O.C. Simonds created the “prairie style” landscape design in and around Chicago beginning in the early 1900s, and they are credited with helping create a strong midwestern native plant ethic. This style was a version of earlier British natural landscaping, but incorporated native plants from the region. Their style was very popular and utilized extensively in the Chicago area. “Weeds” such as sumacs and dogwoods were incorporated in an effort to capture the essence of nature in an artistic arrangement. It is our hope that our publication will continue that native plant ethic and bring awareness to those who are interested, thereby triggering a supply-and-demand scenario. The more people know about our natives, the more they should request them from commercial nurseries, which will hopefully increase the attention of suppliers to the need for meeting the demand.
One word of caution: this book is not designed to promote illegal harvesting of any kind. When purchasing natives, be sure to inquire as to the