Champion trees of Arkansas : an artist's journey /

"In Champion Trees of Arkansas, Linda Williams Palmer explores the state's largest trees of their species, registered with the Arkansas Forestry Commission as 'champions.' Through her beautiful colored-pencil drawings, each magnificent tree is interpreted through the lens of seas...

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Main Author: Palmer, Linda Williams (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Curatorial Essay
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Bur Oak
  • The King of Keo: Disappearing Majesty
  • Maidenhair Ginkgo
  • Sentinel of the Delta
  • Cherrybark Oak
  • A Beautiful Survivor
  • Eastern Cottonwood
  • The Elephant Tree
  • White Oak and Persimmon
  • Dardanelle's Council Oak: Site of Black Fox's Treaty
  • Tuliptree
  • Beauty and the Beasties
  • Weeping Willow
  • Weep for the Weeping Willow
  • American Holly
  • The Holly Bears the Crown
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • Legend of the Dogwood Tree
  • Chinkapin Oak
  • An Anonymous Champion
  • White Ash
  • The Working Tree
  • Sweet Pecan
  • Back When Cotton Was King
  • Southern Magnolia
  • Belle of the South
  • Loblolly Pine
  • Chivalry Is Not Dead
  • Northern Catalpa
  • Three Giant Trees and One Giant Bull
  • Sugar Maple
  • Seven in One Day
  • Hackberry
  • The Unappreciated Tree
  • Bald Cypress
  • Arkansas's Biggest Tree: Worth the Wait
  • Post Oak
  • A Family Tree
  • Shortleaf Pine
  • Another Champion Gone with the Wind
  • Water Tupelo
  • Lost in the Woods
  • Water Oak
  • A Welcoming Community
  • Southern Red Oak
  • A Christmas Surprise
  • Epilogue
  • The Journey Continues
  • Resources
  • Index of Drawings.