TREES OF ALBERTA

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  Subject Headings

Use the following headings to search the library catalog by Subject or Search ALL.

Hint: Adding "juvenile literature" to a search will limit your results to children's information books.

  • Plants - Identification 
  • Shrubs - Alberta  
  • Shrubs - Canada
  • Trees - Alberta
  • Trees - Canada
  • Trees - Identification

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Call Numbers

Browse these general areas in the information books (arranged by Dewey Decimal numbers).

Hint:  Call numbers with a J in front refer to Juvenile (Children's) information books. Find more books in the Adult Non-Fiction area using the same call numbers.

Find information on:
J 581.9712 - J 581.978 Tree identification and information books for certain parts of Alberta (i.e. Rocky Mountains).
J 582.16 - J 582.160973 Tree identification guides for all of Canada or North America, not just Alberta.

Hint: It is a good idea to browse the information books that begin with J 581 and J 582 . To find books about forests and forest ecology look at the call number range J 577.3 - J 577.37.

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  Online Databases & Encyclopedias

 Grolier Online  
Search "The New Books of Popular Science" for encyclopedia & magazine articles, websites, pictures, maps, and videos.

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  Recommended Books

 Children's Information:
J 582.16
PET		 A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN TREES by George A. Petrides.
Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
J 582.16
TRE		 TREES by Deborah Lambert.
Weigl Educational, 2010.
J 582.1609
PET		 A FIELD GUIDE TO TREES AND SHRUBS by George A. Petrides
Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
J 582.160971
LAU		 IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO THE TREES OF CANADA by Jean Lauriault
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1989.
J 582.160971
MAS		 CANADIAN TREES by Colleayn Mastin
Grasshopper, 1994.

J 635.935
BIT

TIMBER PRESS POCKET GUIDE TO CONIFERS by Richard L. Bitner. 
Timber Press, 2010.                    

Adult Non-Fiction:
574.97123
KAV		 NATURE ALBERTA by James Kavanaugh.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1991.
581.9712
JOH		 PLANTS OF THE WESTERN BOREAL FOREST AND ASPEN PARKLAND by Derek Johnson.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1995.
581.978
KER		 PLANTS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS by Linda Kershaw.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1998.
582.16097
BEN		 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TREES: CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES by Sam Benvie.
Key Porter Books, 1999.
582.16097123
WIL		 TREES AND SHRUBS OF ALBERTA: A HABITAT FIELD GUIDE by Kathleen Wilkinson.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1990.

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  Recommended Websites

Council of Forest Industries Forestry Links
http://www.cofi.org/library_and_resources/default.htm
This link library will point you to a lot of great forest and tree information websites.

Heritage Tree Foundation of Alberta        
http://heritagetreefoundation.com/
As a registered not for profit Foundation, The Alberta Heritage Tree Project will identify and catalogue Heritage Trees throughout the Province. These trees offer a representative sample of species that grow within various regions and individual communities.

Real Trees 4 Kids!
www.realtrees4kids.org/
Tree and forestry information can be found on this site designed especially for kids.  Learn about scientific names and view a cross-section of a coniferous tree to determine its age.

The Tree Book
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/
This online book will help you identify trees found in western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia). Lots of pictures and maps of the regions where each tree can be found.

Tree Fact Sheets
 www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
 Use the database on this website to find information and lots of great pictures. Try searching for trees by province using the Clickable Species Map.

Trees of the Pacific Northwest
http://oregonstate.edu/trees
This site has an interactive question and answer key that will help you identify conifers (trees or shrubs with cones and needle leaves). If you have a specific conifer that you need information for, just check out the "Conifers" link.

Natural Regions of Alberta
http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/map.htm
 The Heritage Community Foundation presents information about Alberta's natural regions, which includes information about the trees in each region.

Forests of Alberta
http://srd.alberta.ca/BioDiversityStewardship/Forests/Default.aspx
From Alberta Sustainable Resources, this site includes information about the different forest regions of Alberta including a description of Alberta's provincial tree, the Lodgepole Pine. 

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  Recommended by Children's Services Staff
August 2010.