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Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves (Nature Study Guides)

Guide to identifying native (and some widely introduced) trees of U.S.

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and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.

Organized as a dichotomous key, the book leads 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.

The small (6" by 4") format fits in pocket or pack to take along on a hike..

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Author: May T. Watts

Publisher: Nature Study Guild Publishers

Date: Sep. 17, 1991

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