New Flora North America (Classic Reprint)

Explore the North American flora through a careful, first-hand account of native trees and shrubs. This nonfiction work offers a detailed survey of timber and shrub life from the Appalachian to the Far West, with an emphasis on native genera, distribution, and practical identification.

Rafinesque’s New Flora North America presents a broad view of the sylva of the continent, including how trees and shrubs differ from European species and how they cluster into tribes and genera. The volume blends descriptive notes with notes on naming, classification, and regional variation, making it a valuable reference for students, naturalists, and field researchers alike.

• Clear guidelines on recognizing trees and shrubs by leaves, arrangement, and fruit, plus practical field notes.


• Taxonomic details, new names, and updates to earlier classifications relevant to North American flora.


• Explanations of geographic ranges, habitats, and the natural families present across regions.


• Appendices with additions, corrections, and sources for further study.

Ideal for readers of botany, natural history, and those building a reference collection on North American plants.