This newly designed field guide features detailed descriptions of 387 species, arranged in six major groups by visual similarity. The 47 color plates and 5 text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 295 color range maps accompany the species descriptions.
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An authoritative book that includes every tree that grows wild in western North America, including Alaska. Using the unique system of identification employed in the author's other tree books, the 387 trees of the region are divided into six major groups according to conspicuous characteristics. Within those categories, trees that look alike are brought together and compared in text and illustration, regardless of whether they are related or not.
The color plates, beautifully painted by Olivia Petrides, the author's daughter and Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, emphasize details that may not be present or clearly visible in a photograph. Differences between trees that resemble each other are also listed in distinctive comparison charts. With range maps, keys, descriptions, and illustrations, the user can identify trees at any season, even when without leaves. Technical terminology is converted into plain English. The values of trees and their use by wildlife, Native Americans, and campers also are discussed. -- From the Author --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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.
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Explore a New World,
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Western Trees (Peterson Field Guides: 44) (Paperback)
I am a birder but always wanted to ID the trees that the birds were perched in. I first took this book out in the field to the Arboretums in San Francisco and Berkeley. I found the book easy to use for IDing native trees. I also took this book with me on a trip to the eastern Sierras and trees that I have previously looked at as "pines" turned into Lodgepole, Mountain Hemlock, Whitebark, Red and White Fir, and Jerrery Pine. It really opened up a new world for me. And naming nature is one way to understanding the wonderfully diverse tree species of the west.
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We built a cabin in the mountains and I wanted to be able to distinguish cedars from spruce from pines from ???. We've learned so much from this book. It has exactly the right amount of information to educate without overwhelming. The book is now stuffed with leaves, needles and locations as we become educated about our environment.
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Well designed book with easy-to-use color pictures, and good descriptions. It's small enough to carry with you, but comprehensive.
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Larches: Needles 12-14 on warty spur branches, single on long twigs, drop in autumn. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
minor leaflets, twigs hairless, major leaflets, clustered end buds, leafstalk glands, bundle scars, pith pale brown, inner acorn shells, stalked needles, buds hairless, trunk bark gray, leafstalk bases, pods hairless, twigs droop, twigs hairy, spur branches, paired thorns, white oak species, leaf teeth, buds scaly, honey species, leaves not toothed, sharptail grouse, bark shreddy, acorn stalks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native Americans, Sierra Nevada, Ponderosa Pine, Great Plains, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mts, Great Basin, Baja California Norte, Santa Catalina, Singleleaf Ash, Yellow Paloverde, Pacific Yew, Rio Grande, Western Redcedar, California Scrub Oak, May June, Mountain Alder, Velvet Ash, California Buckthorn, Edwards Plateau, Golden Chinkapin, Hollyleaf Buckthorn, Lodgepole Pine, Pacific Willow, Parry Pinyon New!
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Larches: Needles 12-14 on warty spur branches, single on long twigs, drop in autumn. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
minor leaflets, twigs hairless, major leaflets, clustered end buds, leafstalk glands, bundle scars, pith pale brown, inner acorn shells, stalked needles, buds hairless, trunk bark gray, leafstalk bases, pods hairless, twigs droop, twigs hairy, spur branches, paired thorns, white oak species, leaf teeth, buds scaly, honey species, leaves not toothed, sharptail grouse, bark shreddy, acorn stalks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native Americans, Sierra Nevada, Ponderosa Pine, Great Plains, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mts, Great Basin, Baja California Norte, Santa Catalina, Singleleaf Ash, Yellow Paloverde, Pacific Yew, Rio Grande, Western Redcedar, California Scrub Oak, May June, Mountain Alder, Velvet Ash, California Buckthorn, Edwards Plateau, Golden Chinkapin, Hollyleaf Buckthorn, Lodgepole Pine, Pacific Willow, Parry Pinyon New!
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- Native Americans by Marion Wood on 7 pages
- A Field Guide to Eastern Trees (Peterson Field Guides) by George A. Petrides in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Native Americans (People Who Made History) by Jason Hook on page 174, and page 64
- Complete Trees Of North America by Thomas S. Elias in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Silva of North America by Charles Sargent on page 157
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- Trees of the Rocky Mountains (Trees of the U.S.) by George A. Petrides in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests (Peterson Field Guide) by John C. Kricher in Back Matter
- A Field Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests (Peterson Field Guide) by John C. Kricher in Back Matter
- North American Plantfile by Gary L. Hightshoe in Back Matter
- Guide to Information Sources in the Botanical Sciences: by Elisabeth B. Davis on page 160
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