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Native Trees of Indiana River Walk

But wait, there’s more.

While we offer a comprehensive database on Indiana’s native trees found along our path, there’s far more information to share than what you’ve found on this site. The following are resources that we’ve found helpful in the pursuit of further horticultural knowledge.

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References

A collection of knowledge.

Take a look at the various sources that were used to make this website.

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. 1990. Silvics of North America: 1. Conifers. Agriculture Handbook 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC. Vol. 1, 675 p.

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. 1990. Silvics of North America: 2. Hardwoods. Agriculture Handbook 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC. Vol. 2, 877 p.

Deam, Charles C. with the assistance of Thomas Edward Shaw. 1953. Trees of Indiana. (2d rev. ed.) Versailles, IN : Historic Hoosier Hills Woodland Committee, 1994, c1953. 330 p. illus., maps.

Deam, Charles C. 1953. Shrubs of Indiana. (2d ed.) Versailles, IN : Historic Hoosier Hills Woodland Committee, 1995, c1932. 380 p.: illus., maps.

Dirr, Michael A. 1998. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses. Fifth edition. Champaign, Ill. Stipes Pub. Co., 1998. 1187 p.

Forest Service Department of Agriculture.

Global Invasive Species Database. 

Grimm, William Carey. How to Recognize Trees. 1962. The Stackpole Company.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources Invasive Species Assessment.

Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society, Invasive Plants in Indiana IPSAWG brochure.

Indiana’s Most Unwanted Invasive Plant Pests - Plants, Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program, Purdue University Entomology Department, West Lafayette, IN.

Invasive Species.org.

Little, Elbert L., J.R. 1976. Atlas of United States Trees, Volume 1, Conifers and Important Hardwoods. U.S. Department of Agriculture Misc. Publ. 1146. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC. Vol. 1, 9 p., 302 maps. 

Little, Elbert L., J.R. 1976. Atlas of United States Trees, Volume 4, Minor Eastern Hardwoods. U.S. Department of Agriculture Misc. Publ. 1342. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC. Vol. 4, 17 p., 230 maps.

Leopold, Donald J., William C. McComb, Robert N. Muller. 1998. Trees of the Central Hardwood Forests of North America: An Identification and Cultivation Guide. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 469 p. 
Native Trees of Southern Rocky Mountains.

PLANTS Database National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. USDA-NRCS. 2003.

Plants for a Future: Database Search Results. 

Preston, Richard J. 1976. North American Trees, Third Edition. Ohio State University Press.

Ula, Richard H., Joseph C. Neal, Joseph M. DiTomaso, 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press. 397 p.

University of Illinois UI Plants: Woody Ornamentals.

Weeks, Sally S. and George R. Parker Ph.D. 2002. Trees of Indiana. Purdue University Agricultural Communications CD-FNR-1. 

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Gratitude

Many thanks are in order.

Purdue Fort Wayne would like to acknowledge the incredible effort by so many to make this comprehensive project come together. In particular, we’d like to especially thank the following people:

  • Beth Deimling, former PFW Facilities Management employee, for preliminary website-data collection, design, and construction
  • Linda Gonzagowski, former PFW Facilities Management employee, for preliminary website-data collection
  • Jessica Tobolski, former PFW Facilities Management employee, for preliminary website-data collection.