This beautifully illustrated and comprehensive work is equally of use to botanists, foresters, horticulturists, and amateur naturalists. Kershaw and Hamilton have crafted 146 accounts describing 213 species, encompassing all native and naturalized trees and tall shrubs in the state.
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LINDA KERSHAW is the best-selling author of a number of nature books published by Lone Pine. She is a career botanist who has consulted and done research for the World Wildlife Fund, as well as national governments and universities. Her extensive field work has taken her into the vast Canadian boreal forest as well as above the treeline in the Rocky Mountains, on Ellesmere Island and in New Zealand. Linda now works as a writer and editor when not pursuing two of her favorite pastimes--photography and illustration.
She has authored or contributed to dozens of field guides and scholarly papers.
She has authored or contributed to dozens of field guides and scholarly papers.
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Wow! Densely packed with great info and pictures!,
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While it focuses on Illinois, this wonderful book would be great for anyone east of the Rockies (or in much of North America, for that matter). It might miss a few trees from other regions, but most of the trees featured in this book are quite widespread. As the book's description says, it covers 213 species.
For each species, this book offers multiple photos featuring important I.D. characteristics, an Illinois map, an illustration showing the overall form of the tree, and plenty of information. The illustrations are attractive, and the photos are superb. It even includes a handy dichotomous key. In addition to identification, this book provides the reader with a firm foundation of general plant biology, as well as the science of trees, forests, and organization/classification. I own several hundred natural science books, and Trees of Illinois easily makes it into the top ten. Admittedly, it helps that the book is aimed at the state in which I live -- but as I said, this is a fine book for almost any North American naturalist.
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GREAT INFORMATION,
By D. E. Shenk "Book reader" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This is the best informational book on tress I have used - ever. Has pictures, history, everything that is needed to understand and identify - well worth the money.
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I got this book for a tree identification class and find it very useful for the class and helping to identify trees.
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