Trees of the West [Paperback]

Mabel Crittenden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1992

This is a new and unique way to get to know your trees. With more than 160 illustrations and a sure-fire key to identifying our living green friends, this becomes an indispensable handbook. It is written in a clear, enthusiastic, and informative manner. The key the author provides for easy identification of trees will enable untrained observers to track down the family, the genus and species of most trees they encounter. Although this carefully illustrated book focuses on the most common specimens on the West Coast, the key can be used to identify the majority of trees anywhere in North America. Trees of the West points out the distinguishing characteristics, unusual facts, usefulness, edibility, and beauty of each tree. A final chapter, 'How to Grow Native Trees from Seeds', explains techniques developed in nurseries which readers can use to obtain a higher germination rate and/or speed of germination.

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Mabel Crittenden

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Hancock House Pub Ltd (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0888392699
• ISBN-13: 978-0888392695
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,967,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference guide, January 4, 2009

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Michael D. Schmidt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trees of the West (Paperback)

This is one of the first books I checked out of the library to use for tree identification. I had to keep checking it out when I got stuck. She has made a difference in writing about tree identification!

4.0 out of 5 stars a simply good guide, February 6, 2004

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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Rebeccasreads recommends TREES OF THE WEST as a modest guide to distinguishing characteristics, unusual facts, husbandry, edibility, & beauty of each tree.

Will easily fit into a backpack for your travels among the tall trees of Western America.