
Sibley Guide to Trees
Title: Sibley Guide to Trees Author: Sibley, David Allen ISBN: 9780375415197 Publisher: Knopf Published: 2009 Binding: Quality Language: English Condition: New Nature 1209847 Publisher Description: David Allen Sibley, the preeminent, bestselling bird-guide author and illustrator, applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America. The Sibley Guide to Trees is an astonishingly elegant guide to a complex subject. It condenses a huge amount of information about tree identification--more than has ever been collected in a single book--into a logical, accessible, easy-to-use format. With more than 4,100 meticulous, exquisitely detailed paintings, the Guide highlights the often subtle similarities and distinctions between more than 600 tree species--native trees as well as many introduced species. No other guide has ever made field identification so clear. Features highlighted include: - leaves (inclu