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Identifies in a full-color guide more than 300 species of conifer and broadleaf trees found in the upper United States (Virginia to northern California) and Canada.
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Trees of the Northern United States and Canada is the most complete book on the trees of northern North America ever published. It features
- More than 300 species of trees and shrubs of the northern United States and Canada.
- 136 range maps of Canada and the northern United States that show the territory of each species.
- A new easy tree identification method in which trees are organized into 12 groups based on leaf shape and arrangement along the twig.
- Keys for both summer and winter identification of trees and shrubs.
- 600 color photographs and 1600 drawings of special features useful for identification.
Trees for the Northern United States and Canada is a must for the forest professional, landscape architect, amateur naturalist, student, or teacher and for anyone who is fascinated by trees and forests.
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"The juniper genus comprises about 60 species of small trees and shrubs distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and on high mountains in the tropics." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
annual nodes, seed cones cylindrical, pollen catkins, seed conelets, seed inner surface, mature bark smooth, upper surface shiny dark green, seed catkins, seed cones ovoid, mature seed cones, shoot oblique, subterminal buds, buds stalkless, intervening teeth, twigs moderately stout, dwarf shoots, vein scars, warty glands, young bark smooth, other broadleaf trees, bract position, upper surface dull green, fruit catkins, lateral buds smaller, twigs stout Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, British Columbia, Quick Recognition Leaves, Habitat Occurs, United States, Habitat Grows, Flowers Pollen, Notes Wood, Wood Light, Fruits Mature, Seedlings Cotyledons, Wood Moderately, Lake Erie, Nova Scotia, Twigs Moderately, Wood Heavy, Habitat Found, North Temperate Zone, Lake Superior, Leaves Needles, Seed Cones Conelets, Fruits Wings, Fruits Acorns, Habitat Usually, Northern Hemisphere New!
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"The juniper genus comprises about 60 species of small trees and shrubs distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and on high mountains in the tropics." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
annual nodes, seed cones cylindrical, pollen catkins, seed conelets, seed inner surface, mature bark smooth, upper surface shiny dark green, seed catkins, seed cones ovoid, mature seed cones, shoot oblique, subterminal buds, buds stalkless, intervening teeth, twigs moderately stout, dwarf shoots, vein scars, warty glands, young bark smooth, other broadleaf trees, bract position, upper surface dull green, fruit catkins, lateral buds smaller, twigs stout Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, British Columbia, Quick Recognition Leaves, Habitat Occurs, United States, Habitat Grows, Flowers Pollen, Notes Wood, Wood Light, Fruits Mature, Seedlings Cotyledons, Wood Moderately, Lake Erie, Nova Scotia, Twigs Moderately, Wood Heavy, Habitat Found, North Temperate Zone, Lake Superior, Leaves Needles, Seed Cones Conelets, Fruits Wings, Fruits Acorns, Habitat Usually, Northern Hemisphere New!
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- Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs Hardy in North America by Alfred Rehder in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico), Vol. 2 by Charles Sprague Sargent in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Weeping Willow (Aerial Fiction) by Ruth White on page 329, and Back Matter
- Trees And Shrubs by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Manual of Cultivated Conifers by Gerd Krussmann in Back Matter
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- Native and Naturalized Trees of New England and Adjacent Canada: A Field Guide by Richard DeGraaf in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- New York City Trees by Edward S. Barnard in Back Matter
- The Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America by William Carey Grimm in Back Matter
- The Urban Tree Book: An Uncommon Field Guide for City and Town by Arthur Plotnik in Back Matter
- Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press) by C. Frank Brockman in Back Matter
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