A Peterson Field Guide To Trees And Shrubs: Northeastern and north-central United States and southeastern and south-centralCanada

by Roger Tory Peterson

Overview

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.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395353707
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/06/1973
Series:	Peterson Field Guides
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	442,304
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 7.25(h) x 1.01(d)

About the Author

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.

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.