Tree Finder: A Manual for Identification of Trees by their Leaves (Eastern US)

by May Theilgaard Watts

Overview

Easily Identify the Trees You Find!

This essential guide by celebrated ecologist May Theilgaard Watts helps readers identify native (and some widely introduced) trees of the United States and Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. With this handy, easy-to-use guide, you'll be able to identify all sorts of trees in no time.

Features include:

• A dichotomous key, leading the user through a series of simple questions about the shape or appearance of different parts of a tree
• Includes 161 species
• Illustrated with line drawings
• Small (6- by 4-inch) format that fits in a pocket or pack to take along on a hike

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780912550015
Publisher:	Wilderness Press
Publication date:	01/01/1963
Series:	Nature Study Guides
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	194,032
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 4.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	10 Years

About the Author

May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology.

Read an Excerpt

If the twigs and leaf stalks are hairy, is it RED ASH Fraxinus pennsylvanica
If the twigs and leaf stalks are not hairy, go below to

If the leaflets are whitish beneath, it is WHITE ASH Fraxinus americana
If the leaflets are green on both sides, it is GREEN ASH Fraxinus pennsylvanica subinetegerrima

Table of Contents

Species List

• Larch
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir
• Cypress
• Hemlock
• Cedar
• Arbor Vitae
• Chestnut
• Buckeye
• Box Elder
• Ash
• Maple
• Dogwood
• Hardy Catalpa
• Sumac
• Yellowwood
• Black Locust
• Kentucky Coffee-Tree
• Mimosa Silk Tree
• Honey Locust
• Tree of Heaven
• Mountain-Ash
• Walnut
• Hickory
• Pecan
• Oak
• Redbud
• Orange
• Sassafras
• Tupelo
• Persimmon
• Pawpaw
• Magnolia
• Holly
• Beech
• Poplar
• Cottonwood
• Balm of Gilead
• Hackberry
• Basswood
• Mulberry
• Willow
• Elm
• Sourwood
• Juneberry
• Plum
• Cherry
• Hawthorn
• Crabapple
• Apple
• Alder
• Birch
• Ironwood
• Ginkgo
• Sweet Gum
• Sycamore
• Tulip Tree