A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and North-Central United States and Southeastern and South-Central Canada

All the wild trees, shrubs, and woody vines in the area north to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to the Dakotas and Kansas are described in detail. Accounts of 646 species include shape and arrangement of leaves, height, color, bark texture, flowering season, and fruit. Clear, accurate drawings illustrate leaves, flowers, buds, tree silhouettes, and other characteristics.


Author: Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/06/1973
Pages: 428
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 7.18h x 4.72w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780395353707

About the Author
Peterson, Roger Tory: - ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.Peterson, Roger Tory: - ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.Petrides, George A.: - George A. Petrides, ecologist and field naturalist, worked with the National Park Services and taught at Michigan State University at Lansing. Petrides has written for the Peterson Field Guide series and was the recipient of an award from the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan for A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs.