Trees In Canada
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550411993 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 502 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"This comprehensive book on the trees of Canada makes identification easy."-- The Examiner (Peterborough, ON)
Ten years in preparation, this is the most comprehensive book on the trees ofCanada and the northern United States ever published.Trees In Canada features:136 range maps in Canada and reaching into the United States to southern Pennsylvania and northern California.A new easy tree-identification method in which trees are organized into 12 groups based on leaf shape and arrangement along the twig.Keys for both summer and winter identification.580 colour photographs and 1600 drawings of special features useful for identification.Trees In Canada builds on the popular Native Trees of Canada (out of print), which,for 8 editions and over 75 years, guided amateur naturalists and forest science professionals in tree identification.Trees In Canada is an essential tool for the amateur naturalist and forest science professional, landscape architect, student, or teacher, and a collectible for all those fascinated by trees and forests.
The Gold Standard for Decades John Gudmundson When we moved from the Prairies to Vancouver Island in the early 1970s, my dad was intriguedby the trees around us on our property, trees he was unfamiliar with. He asked one long-time localthe identity of a particular evergreen tree. The answer: "it's some kind of Christmas tree."My dad went to a bookstore and bought a copy of a government of Canada publ. P. van Rijckevorsel said Canadian version. This is the same book as "Trees of the Northern United States and Canada" by the same author. As I understand it Canadian books cannot be sold in the US, so this one got a US dust cover and a new ISBN number and became a US book. And a quite attractive one it is too: this is a lot better buy than George W.D. Symonds' "The Tree identification book".. "A great reference book" according to Miriam F MacKinnon. I got this book for a first year forestry couse for university and I keep going back to it. Well organized, great pictures including maps of the trees ranges. Also gives information on identification, habitat and reproductive structures. A must have!
John Laird Farrar is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.