The Illustrated Book of Trees

The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America
by William Carey Grimm, revised by John Kartesz

This classic field guide—the authority on eastern North American tree identification for over 40 years—is now available in a completely revised and updated edition, describing recently introduced species and incorporating changes in taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic range. By observing the leaves, flowers, and fruits of a tree in summer or its twigs, buds, and bark in winter, readers can easily identify a species through Grimm's full-page illustrations, classification keys, and concise species descriptions. Written in straightforward, non-scientific language for beginning botanists of any age. Glossary of terms and a complete index are included. The book is a tad big for a true field guide, but definitive, comprehensive, professional—can't be beat at this price. It treats 270 eastern trees, both native and introduced. We don't know of any other guide with summer and winter keys.

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