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Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

A field guide to western trees : eastern [i.e. western] United States and Canada / George A. Petrides ; illustrated by Olivia Petrides.

Edition:

1st ed., expanded.

Publisher, Date:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Description:

xiv, 428 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 19 cm.

Summary:

""This newly designed field guide features detailed descriptions of 387 species, arranged in six major groups by visual similarity. The 47 color plates and 5 text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 295 color range maps accompany the species descriptions.""--Publisher's description."

Series:

The Peterson field guide series

Peterson field guide series.

Subjects:

Trees -- West (U.S.) -- Identification.

Trees -- Canada, Western -- Identification.

Trees -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.

Trees -- Canada, Western -- Pictorial works.

Other Title:

Western trees

Notes:

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-411) and index.

Contents:

Species accounts. Trees with Needlelike or Scalelike Leaves, Mostly Evergreen -- Broad-leaved Trees with Opposite Compound Leaves -- Broad-leaved Trees with Opposite Simple Leaves -- Broad-leaved Trees with Alternate Compound Leaves -- Broad-leaved Trees with Alternate Simple Leaves -- Palms, Cacti, and Yuccas.

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Sample text

Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

98013624

ISBN:

0395904544

9780395904541

Other Number:

38535977