All the wild trees, shrubs, and woody vines in the area north to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to the Dakotas and Kansas are described in detail. Accounts of 646 species include shape and arrangement of leaves, height, color, bark texture, flowering season, and fruit. Clear, accurate drawings illustrate leaves, flowers, buds, tree silhouettes, and other characteristics.
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Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world"s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.
George A. Petrides, a veteran field naturalist, is professor of fisheries and wildlife at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He is the author of A Field Guide to Eastern Trees, A Field Guide To Trees and Shrubs, and the Peterson First Guide to Trees.
George A. Petrides, a veteran field naturalist, is professor of fisheries and wildlife at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He is the author of A Field Guide to Eastern Trees, A Field Guide To Trees and Shrubs, and the Peterson First Guide to Trees.
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76 of 76 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and north-central United States and southeastern and south-centralCanada (Peterson Field Guide) (Paperback)
As a wetland delineator in PA, this book proves invaluable for field identification of trees, shrubs, and vines. Especially useful is are the keys for identification of these plants in winter when leaves and fruiting bodies are non-existant. I have several other tree books for reference, but they rarely are worth carting along in the field now that I have this book. I highly recommend it.
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Petrides' work is the most accurate I have found in tree identification. Color pictures are no substitute for a close-up examination of the stems, leaves and fruit of trees and shrubs. It is considered the definitive source for the John Burroughs Naturalist Award bestowed by the Buckeye Council of the Boy Scouts of America only upon those capable of sight identification of approximately 600 trees, shrubs and wildflowers.
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No mere Peterson field guide, this scholarly work is a concise encyclopedia of all the trees native to the northeastern United States, with descriptions that can truly be used to tell them apart (a unique feat). Belongs in the backpack of any hiker who wants to learn trees. Fits in a half-gallon Ziploc. Remember you need a magnifying glass and a sharp knife to use the book properly.
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THE CONE-BEARING plants and a few evergreen nonconiferous plants with narrow pointed leaves make up this well-defined group. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
true end buds, twigs hairless, large end buds, upright thorny plants, end buds false, nonevergreen species, bundle scars, whitened leaf undersides, leaf illus, leafless unknown plant, false end buds, main veins meeting, opposing leaf scars, ridged twigs, central end buds, encircling stipule scars, hugging twigs, pith partitions, more visible scales, leaf scars narrow, leafstalk bases, buds without scales, thornless plums, buds hairless, leaves not toothed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, Nova Scotia, Coastal Plain, Flowers May-June, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Flowers April-May, New Hampshire, Flowers April-June, Flowers May-July, Flowers June-July, New Mexico, Fruits Aug, Miscellaneous Plants, Ashleaf Maple, Flowers June-Aug, Name Plate, Poison Sumac, Boston Ivy, Broad-leaved Plants, Labrador Tea, Taller Willows, Bog Rosemary, Box Huckleberry New!
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THE CONE-BEARING plants and a few evergreen nonconiferous plants with narrow pointed leaves make up this well-defined group. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
true end buds, twigs hairless, large end buds, upright thorny plants, end buds false, nonevergreen species, bundle scars, whitened leaf undersides, leaf illus, leafless unknown plant, false end buds, main veins meeting, opposing leaf scars, ridged twigs, central end buds, encircling stipule scars, hugging twigs, pith partitions, more visible scales, leaf scars narrow, leafstalk bases, buds without scales, thornless plums, buds hairless, leaves not toothed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, Nova Scotia, Coastal Plain, Flowers May-June, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Flowers April-May, New Hampshire, Flowers April-June, Flowers May-July, Flowers June-July, New Mexico, Fruits Aug, Miscellaneous Plants, Ashleaf Maple, Flowers June-Aug, Name Plate, Poison Sumac, Boston Ivy, Broad-leaved Plants, Labrador Tea, Taller Willows, Bog Rosemary, Box Huckleberry New!
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- Weeping Willow (Aerial Fiction) by Ruth White on page 259, page 260, and page 346
- Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks: Third Edition by Olaus J. Murie in Back Matter
- A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Guy Mountfort in Back Matter
- Rocks & Minerals (Wonders of Our World) by Neil Morris in Back Matter
- A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies (Peterson Field Guide) by James Bond in Back Matter
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