Tree Finder: A Manual for Identification of Trees by Their Leaves (Eastern US) (Nature Study Guides)

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Easily Identify the Trees You Find!

This essential guide by celebrated ecologist May Theilgaard Watts helps readers identify native (and some widely introduced) trees of the United States and Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. With this handy, easy-to-use guide, you'll be able to identify all sorts of trees in no time.

Features include:

A dichotomous key, leading the user through a series of simple questions about the shape or appearance of different parts of a tree

Includes 161 species

Illustrated with line drawings

Small (6- by 4-inch) format that fits in a pocket or pack to take along on a hike

 

Table of Contents:

Species List

Larch

Pine

Spruce

Fir

Cypress

Hemlock

Cedar

Arbor Vitae

Chestnut

Buckeye

Box Elder

Ash

Maple

Dogwood

Hardy Catalpa

Sumac

Yellowwood

Black Locust

Kentucky Coffee-Tree

Mimosa Silk Tree

Honey Locust

Tree of Heaven

Mountain-Ash

Walnut

Hickory

Pecan

Oak

Redbud

Orange

Sassafras

Tupelo

Persimmon

Pawpaw

Magnolia

Holly

Beech

Poplar

Cottonwood

Balm of Gilead

Hackberry

Basswood

Mulberry

Willow

Elm

Sourwood

Juneberry

Plum

Cherry

Hawthorn

Crabapple

Apple

Alder

Birch

Ironwood

Ginkgo

Sweet Gum

Sycamore

Tulip Tree

 

May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology.

 

Nature Study Guild Publications

Pub Date: January 01, 1963

0.4" H x 5.7" L x 4.0" W

64 pages

paperback