Illustrations of Common Eastern United States Trees - Charles Sprague Sargent

Botanist Charles Sprague Sargent was a Harvard University botany graduate and American Civil War veteran. Sargent went on to found Harvard's Arnold Arboretum.

Here is a collection of illustrations of the most common trees found in the United States. Although most noted for his work as the director of a nationally recognised arboretum, Charles Sprague Sargent was a talented illustrator of tree's and their parts.

Professor Sargent was often referred to as knowing "more about trees than any other living person". He has left this legacy of tree illustrations that have supported students of tree identification for more than a century.