Found this neat book in PDF format. I think it's interesting anyway. It's about NC but I'm sure it applies to a lot of other states too.
http://ia311231.us.archive.org/1/items/commonforesttree00nort/commonforesttree00nort.pdf
http://ia311231.us.archive.org/1/items/commonforesttree00nort/commonforesttree00nort.pdf