| The Tree and Its Environment | 1 |
| General Notes and Selected References | 12 |
| Abies amabilis | 17 |
| Abies balsamea | 26 |
| Abies concolor | 36 |
| Abies fraseri | 47 |
| Abies grandis | 52 |
| Abies lasiocarpa | 60 |
| Abies magnifica | 71 |
| Abies procera | 80 |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | 88 |
| Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | 97 |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | 103 |
| Juniperus occidentalis | 109 |
| Juniperus scopulorum | 116 |
| Juniperus silicicola | 127 |
| Juniperus virginiana | 131 |
| Larix laricina | 141 |
| Larix lyallii | 152 |
| Larix occidentalis | 160 |
| Libocedrus decurrens | 173 |
| Picea breweriana | 181 |
| Picea engelmanii | 187 |
| Picea glauca | 204 |
| Picea mariana | 227 |
| Picea pungens | 238 |
| Picea rubens | 250 |
| Picea sitchensis | 260 |
| Pinus albicaulis | 268 |
| Pinus banksiana | 280 |
| Pinus clausa | 294 |
| Pinus contorta | 302 |
| Pinus echinata | 316 |
| Pinus edulis | 327 |
| Pinus elliottii | 338 |
| Pinus flexilis | 348 |
| Pinus glabra | 355 |
| Pinus jeffreyi | 359 |
| Pinus lambertiana | 370 |
| Pinus monophylla | 380 |
| Pinus monticola | 385 |
| Pinus nigra | 395 |
| Pinus palustris | 405 |
| Pinus ponderosa | 413 |
| Pinus pungens | 425 |
| Pinus radiata | 433 |
| Pinus resinosa | 442 |
| Pinus rigida | 456 |
| Pinus sabiniana | 463 |
| Pinus serotina | 470 |
| Pinus strobus | 476 |
| Pinus sylvestris | 489 |
| Pinus taeda | 497 |
| Pinus virginiana | 513 |
| Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | 520 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | 527 |
| Sequoia sempervirens | 541 |
| Sequoiadendron giganteum | 552 |
| Taxodium distichum var. distichum | 563 |
| Taxodium distichum var. nutans | 563 |
| Taxus brevifolia | 573 |
| Thuja occidentalis | 580 |
| Thuja plicata | 590 |
| Torreya taxifolia | 601 |
| Tsuga canadensis | 604 |
| Tsuga heterophylla | 613 |
| Tsuga mertensiana | 623 |
| Glossary | 635 |
| Summary of Tree Characteristics | 646 |
| Checklist of Insects and Mites | 650 |
| Checklist of Organisms Causing Tree Diseases | 658 |
| Checklist of Birds | 669 |
| Checklist of Mammals | 670 |
| Index of Authors and Tree Species | 671 |
| Index of Trees by Common Name | 674 |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 654, Washington D.C., December 1990, 675 pages, black-and-white photographs, maps, bibliographies, indexes