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101 Trees of Indiana: A Fieldguide (Indiana Natural Science)

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Jackson's book is well written and set forth in a useable format. It has hundreds of color photographs. The book also has multiple illustrations for each tree. I am just a beginner when it comes to tree identification and even I could use the book with few problems. It is well worth the asking price.

I bought this book to learn the species of the trees in our area of southern Indiana. It does this job well.

There are usually 4-6 excellent color photographs for each entry, showing bark, leaves, stems, seeds, flowers, fruit, and overall shape of the tree. (Not all items are shown for all trees.) The most useful part of the book, however, are the identification keys. Each key uses an either/or question to lead you onward towards ultimate identification.

Example:
19. Leaves compound: Go to question 20
Leaves simple: Go to question 33

The next question leads you to succeeding questions until you finally get to the name of a genus (such as Quercus for the various oaks). Looking up the genus in the index will send you to the page, or pages, for all trees in that genus. The two-page descriptions for each individual species should allow you to identify the tree.

Unless you remember your high school biology you will need to review the introduction, where you will get a refresher course on botany as it pertains to naming and identifying trees, but the time spent will be rewarded.

Although the habitat maps are limited to Indiana, this book can still be an excellent reference for those outside the state.

Highly recommended.

This field guide is clear, well written and easy to use. It includes a step by step process to help you identify the type of tree you have in your woods. The pictures are accurate, not some artistic rendition or sample of the PERFECT specimen. You'll enjoy using this guide.

Too technical , does not use the commen names , does not show the limb paterns of tress , a booklet from Perdue will give more useful info for the person in the woods.

The book provides good field guide for identfying tree species. The questionaries at the beginning are not that much helpful.

A very functional field guide that covers basic tree information in an easy to follow format. The keys, colored pictures and descriptions are great.

Very useful information in an accessible format. Excellent photos of multiple identification characteristics for each tree.

ok book but not enough actual pictures of the whole tree (bark & all). confusing picture of indiana with circles and triangles in some of the counties-not sure what they mean. occasional drawn pictures of leaves & such -not even photos. i personally would prefer my dads "trees of indiana" by stan tekiela. it shows bark,leaves,flowers & nuts.

I found this book very easy to use with lots of info I need to ID Trees