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J. E. Aughenbaugh

Best known as one of the credited authors of Common Trees of Pennsylvania, a practical guide created to help readers recognize the state's important tree species through leaves, twigs, and bark. Very little biographical information about this author is readily documented online, which gives the work itself an old-field-guide charm.

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Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Common Trees of Pennsylvania

by J. E. Aughenbaugh, Joseph E. Ibberson, A. B. Mickalitis, C. L. Morris

About the author

J. E. Aughenbaugh is known today chiefly through Common Trees of Pennsylvania, a collaborative handbook also credited to Joseph E. Ibberson, A. B. Mickalitis, and C. L. Morris. The book was issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Resources and was designed as an accessible introduction to identifying Pennsylvania trees.

What can be confirmed from widely available sources is limited. Project Gutenberg and library-style listings preserve Aughenbaugh's name as one of the book's authors, but they do not provide a fuller personal biography, so it is safest to view Aughenbaugh as a writer or contributor associated with this practical work on forestry and tree identification.

That small surviving record still points to a clear legacy: helping everyday readers, students, and nature lovers look more closely at the trees around them. The result is a straightforward, useful book that reflects the educational spirit of classic state conservation publishing.