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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--E: Eastern Region | 
| Author: NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Brand: Liberty Mountain
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 9740
Media: Imitation Leather
Edition: Chanticleer Press Ed
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Pages: 716
Number Of Items: 1
Size: Trees-Eastern
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0394507606
Dewey Decimal Number: 582.16097
EAN: 9780394507606
ASIN: 0394507606
Publication Date: May 12, 1980
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National Audubon Field Guides 103807 By Liberty Mountain
Amazon.com Review
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 Ozarks. This well-illustrated guidebook, covering 364 species, comes to the rescue with photographs organized in several ways: by, for example, the shape of the leaf or needle, by the fruit, by the flower or cone, and by autumn coloration. Following one visible characteristic or another, the reader can narrow the range of possibilities, then turn to an informative text that describes a tree's physical characteristics, habitat, and range. Many of the species covered are relatively rare, such as the "stinking cedar" of the Georgia-Florida border; others are locally abundant, such as the paper birch of the boreal forest, used to make ice-cream sticks; still others, such as the smooth sumac, are widespread. The guidebook also covers ornamentals introduced from other continents, such as the Chinese privet and Mahaleb cherry. --Gregory McNamee
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 National Audubon society field guide to n. american trees eastern region June 15, 2009
Lisa A. King (sylvania,ohio)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
All the audubon books are extremely helpful & easy to use. I keep buying them as gifts because I have most of the collection myself. You can't go wrong!
Pleased but with some reservations May 5, 2009
I. Voce (Rockland County, New York USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is an important addition to your personal Tree Identification library; however, it won't be the only book you'll want to own for the purpose. There are many clues for identifying trees. This book does a good job with color photos of leaves and flowers grouped by look-alikes. Although, sometimes the photographer didn't seem to understand what was important to include in the shot. I just wish I didn't have to flip back and forth across the book to see everything about a particular tree species. Those very thin pages in back are tough to turn.
Authoritative Tree Guide February 21, 2009
John R. Sowash (Southfield, MI)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Audubon Society Field guide for trees is the authoritative resource for tree identification. I have attempted to use several different guides, but none can match the technical detail and information of this book. I require all of my high school students to learn to use this field guide to identify trees in my biology course. They agree with me that it is the easiest to use.
Audubon is top of the line December 2, 2008
M. Skinner (Arkansas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this for my husband because he is always asking me what kind of tree that is... I was familiar with the Audubon books as a kid. They represent the very best, most concise and readily searchable books of this kind. Beautiful pictures.
Absolutely first rate--no complaints at all December 1, 2008
Enderby scout (Stanford, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I picked this out without quite knowing what I was looking for, but just hoped for the best and got this one. I've been using it for about six months. It now seems ideal to me in every way. I would say it has everything, but that would be to suggest that it is too long, whereas its really just the right size, with ample, well-organized materials, but no real fat. I was worried when I picked it up about the really thick section of color plates, but these have proven very useful (particularly the 12 plates of the night sky for each month). The write-ups are great, with a nice mix of ancient history (including an awareness of traditions outside Greece and Rome), Renaissance astronomy, and simple astronomical points of interest (did you know that the "head of the demon," Algol in Perseus, seems to wink? Do you know the mystery about Sirius--that every ancient source records it as being red?)
Well, you can't write an incredibly laudatory review without some exception striking you, and what occurs to me as I type this is how much I'd like a plate showing what the constellations supposedly depict--lord knows it's tricky trying to see a water-bearer in Aquarius, or a ram in the paltry three stars that make up Aries!
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