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Winter Tree Finder (Nature Study Guides) (Paperback)

~ May T. Watts (Author), Tom Watts (Author)
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A great take-along on winter hikes. The "finder" guides can be hard to find, but these easy-to-use, notebook-size illustrated keys to flowers, trees, ferns, tracks, and more are worth the search. -- Terry Krautwurst, in Backpacker Magazine, September 1999

An excellent and inexpensive pocket-sized key to winter identification. -- Denise Ellsworth, Akron Beacon Journal, Feb. 12, 2000

This is an excellent and inexpensive pocket-sized key to winter identification. -- Akron Beacon Journal, February 12, 2000

Winter Tree Finder has been my bible for as long as it's been available. It fits easily into your hip pocket and contains wonderfully clear illustrations showing the branch pattern, bud shape, fruit, and appearance of all the major midwestern and eastern tree species. You can find more comprehensive tree books, but not one that better combines breadth and utility. It's a terrific book to have when you're examining your new woods. Better still, this volume is only the tip of the iceberg. Nature Study Guild also publishes four tree finder books. . .divided by region, not to mention more than a dozen guides to wildflowers, ferns, berries, mammals, and even a Winter Weed Finder. -- William Bryant Logan, in Garden Design Magazine, February 1995

Winter tree walk: It's easiest to identify trees by their leaves, but equipped with a good key like May Watts' Winter Tree Finder, you will quickly learn the dozen species that dominate any given tree stand. Start with evergreens (use Watts' Tree Finder), since there are so few species and their distinctive leaves make identification easy. -- Susan Eschbach, in The Conservationist, February 1995

Product Details

  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Nature Study Guild Publishers (June 1970)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0912550031
  • ISBN-13: 978-0912550039
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,912 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars great guide in a sparse field of study, March 14, 2006
The "Winter Tree Finder" by May Theilgaard Watts and Tom Watts is a compact little gem.

I have not been able to find such a comprehensive and easily portable guide to using leaf scars, buds, and twigs to identify trees in any other source.

The entire book is only 58 pages long and easily fits in a pocket or backpack. Page 1 includes a nice diagram and description of the parts of a twig. Then you progress through a series of questions and drawings that helps you arrive at the identification of the tree. The last few pages include an index and the rear cover has a little measuring rule.

On the whole, this is a useful and fun guide to trees while hiking in the winter.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great little book, January 21, 1998
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This book does a very sensible job of helping people idnetify trees when the normal folliage is missing.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and extremely portable, February 16, 2006
This is a fine little guide. It's close to the perfect field guide on this under-treated subject--physically small, light and reasonably complete. If your nature rambles don't stop when it gets cold, you should consider this little volume.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent & Portable!
On a 'Winter Tree ID Hike' at a local nature center, we were given this book to use as a reference. We practiced it & found that we could all easily identify trees with it - but... Read more
Published 7 months ago by James S. MacLachlan

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter tree finder book
I really recommend this book for someone that likes to identify trees when they go somewhere. I have one for summer and now this one for winter which is really detailed with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Luv2garden

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but wouldn't buy it again or recommend it
We were actually looking for something quick and easy to help us identify tree bark in the woods. This book seems to be pretty accurate if you go through all of the steps. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tamara A. Witt

4.0 out of 5 stars a good way to spend $4
This guide isn't amazingly detailed or illustrated, but it does provide a good basic means of identifying trees without their foliage. Read more
Published 12 months ago by bsquad

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheep, light, and fun
I purchased these books for a youth nature hike. They are easy to cart about, and provide hours of entertainment for a reasonable amount of cash.
Published 13 months ago by W. A. Hedrick

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy and accurate
Trees in winter are more difficult to identify than in other seasons when leaves are present. But this little pocket sized book (as with the others in Watts' series) is both... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jon B. Oakleaf

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter Tree Identification
This little book will teach you to be MUCH MORE observant of the features of a twig on a tree you are trying to identify. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mack

5.0 out of 5 stars Even professionals can use help
As a certified arborist I was having a little trouble with my winter i.d. of trees. This little book has helped tremendously.
Published on March 8, 2007 by Christopher A. Mest

4.0 out of 5 stars Great pocket tree identifier.
I like the way this book allows anyone to identify trees in winter. Its small size makes it easy to carry one a hike. A must for the backpack.
Published on October 22, 2005 by Cordalie Benoit

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