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Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press)

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Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire.

Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn.

North America's trees rank among nature's most awesome creations.

This premier field guide features all characteristics-tree shape, bark, leaf, flower, fruit and twig-for quick identification, making it a superior choice for trail walks, creating displays, and scientific or commercial needs.All of North America in one volumeOver 730 species in 76 families and 160 range mapsNative species and important introduced foreign varietiesText, range maps, and illustrations seen together at a glanceCommon and scientific namesConvenient measuring rules.

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The Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America — 225 drawings * 6 x 9 * Completely revised and updated, with range maps and quick-reference identification keys * More than 30 new species described ... > read more

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Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide To Eastern North America — Unique identification guide is effective, filled with color photos, and easy to use in winter, spring, summer, and fall Field-tested by forestry ... > read more

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region (Eastern) — For the untrained observer, it can be quite a challenge to sort out the many trees that make up a stand of older forest in, say, New England or the ... > read more

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Author: C. Frank Brockman

Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Date: Apr. 14, 2001

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SFU Researcher Fools Forest Pest Into 'Barking Up The Wrong Tree' (December 2, 1997) — Who says you can't fool Mother Nature? It certainly isn't Dezene Huber, a PhD student in Simon Fraser University's department of biological sciences. He's part of a research team ... > read more

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