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

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'l 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.   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 May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology. Nature Study Guild Publishers Pub Date: January 01, 1963 0.4" H x 5.7" L x 4.0" W 64 pages paperback