Winter Tree Finder: Identifying Deciduous Trees of Eastern North America by Their Bark and Twigs [Paperback]

Identify deciduous trees in eastern North America with this pocket-size guide.

You can appreciate and enjoy nature’s beautiful trees—even during late fall and winter! If you’re curious about the deciduous trees that you see, thenWinter Tree Finderby May Theilgaard Watts and Tom Watts is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify trees throughout much of the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

The book provides a dichotomous key to identifying deciduous trees in late fall and winter—without the leaves. Simply answer a series of simple questions about the appearance of their twigs, as well as bark, buds, location, and more. Along the way, professional illustrations help to guide you to a positive identification.

Book Features:

• Step-by-step guide to winter tree identification
• More than 120 species of deciduous trees
• Professional line illustrations with key markings for identification
• Small format that fits into a pocket or pack

This guide is applicable to eastern Canada and the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and parts of Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.

If the buds are green or reddish, on green, aromatic, root-beer-tasting twigs; side branches turning up at their tips; one bundle scar only, it isSassafras,Sassafras albidum

If the buds and twigs are not green, and have more than one bundle scar—often hard to count because leaf scars are small—go to [Symbol A]

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