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Summary: Doesn't get any better than this.
Review: I love this book. I have little knowledge about the trees in my environment and found this book most informing. I recommend this book to all who have a yearning to learn about their natural habitat.
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Summary: So good , It made me think about eating tree leaves.
Review: I started with this book as a beginner , but now I wouldn't considered myself a beginner anymore. it's photographs and descriptions of many trees was a real winner.
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Summary: Pretty, but mostly useless
Review: If you are serious about identifying trees, this book won't help much. A lot of the most common trees are omitted, particularly in the oak family. The thrust of this book seems more toward the odder varieties. I wish I had my money back.
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Summary: Pretty, but mostly useless
Review: If you are serious about identifying trees, this book won't help much. A lot of the most common trees are omitted, particularly in the oak family. The thrust of this book seems more toward the odder varieties. I wish I had my money back.
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Summary: There is a better book
Review: If you live north of a line from Virginia to Northern California get Trees of Northern United States and Canada by John Farrar: a) Superior Bark Photographs - bark at different ages when necessary, full trunk shown b) Line drawings leaf, bud and flower (supplemented with color photos when necessary). c) Key guides for both summer and winter identification. d) Everything on one page. This book is the result of over 40 years by the Canadian Forest Service.
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Summary: Great as a reference but there are better field guides
Review: The Audobon guides all use color photographs of plants in the wild, in contrast to most other field guides using drawings. While color photographs are pretty, they just don't hack it for identification, compared to drawings that are better able to emphasize the important features, as found in the far more useful Newcomb's Wildflower Guide and the Peterson Guides. Furthermore there are far too few color plates to cover adequately the entire eastern half of the U.S., and you will likely be disappointed trying to find some common neighborhood flowers on your very first outing.On the other hand, the very thorough back section of this book has a tremendous wealth of information on almost any wildflower you would find (once you figure out what it is!), often including a very interesting discussion of the uses of the plant (ancient and modern), where it came from, where it got its name, whether it's edible (sometimes even how to cook it), etc. If your interest is understanding something more about the plant besides simple identification, the back section of this book is indispensable. (And don't worry that you're paying for color plates you won't need--this book probably won't set you back much more than any of the others).
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Summary: I love this guide!
Review: There may be better books out there (according to other reviews contained herein), but, for the novice, I don't think you'll find an easier to use guide. I have two other Audubon guides as well and plan on adding more to my collection.
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Summary: An excellant introduction to tree identification.
Review: This book is an excellant introduction to identification of tree species. It contains numerous color pictures of both leaves and stems and provides a very complete written description of everything from fruit type to form description to historical uses of this species. While this book is probably too limited in scope for an advanced dendrologist, it is a fantastic first book for those not familiar with the forest around them.
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Summary: Great book! Easy to read and use!
Review: This book is pretty good. It is easy to read and esy to use. I have seen others but this is a good one. It is easy to carry and the photos are awesome!
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Summary: Great book! Easy to read and use!
Review: This book is pretty good. It is easy to read and esy to use. I have seen others but this is a good one. It is easy to carry and the photos are awesome!
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