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Native Trees of the Southeast
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MSRP: $34.95
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Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
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Native Trees of the Southeast Features
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ISBN13: 9780881928280
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Additional Native Trees of the Southeast Information
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The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. Native Trees of the Southeast is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the region, from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee south through Georgia into northern Florida and west through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas into eastern Texas. For confident identification, nearly 600 photographs, close to 500 of them in color, illustrate leaves, flowers and fruits or cones, bark, and twigs with buds. Full descriptions are accompanied by keys for plants in both summer and winter condition, as well as over 200 range maps. Crucial differences between plants that may be mistaken for each other are discussed.
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What Customers Say About Native Trees of the Southeast:
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The biggest drawback is some scientific names have been changed and this is not reflected in the author's book. The book is excellent for introduction to Native Trees of the SE. The opening pages give background information on identifying characters which can be used when keying out the species. However, as new information is obtained changes are made on speciation, etc and it can be difficult to keep pace with the changes. Otherwise a good book and it is being used by many members of our Dendrology class for identification of native trees.
The account of each species has identifying characters, distribution (nice maps too) and a uses section. I agree with the review of Benjamin Hendersen in that it would be nice to have a picture of the entire tree, which would help amateur individuals that are not as familiar with the technical terms of identification. This field guide has an excellent layout with professional photos covering many of the important characters for identifying trees. Has a short but useful section in the back titled "Some Common Introduced and Naturalized Trees in the Southeast". A nice feature is a key to the genera for the summer and winter. Then each genus has a summer and winter key to each species. This book is published by Timber Press and it has an excellent binding and cover to withstand fieldwork. This is a great book and if you are looking for THE guide to the native southeastern trees I would highly recommend it.
The only thing I wish it had would be a few more photographs per tree. This is a really good book for field identification. I use this book while studying Dendrology. Some of the trees only have a picture of a twig or fruit. I would like to see a full size tree including bark and leaves.
I bought several other books and still could not ID a tree on my property. This is the book to have if you are in the Southeast. Great pictures and information make it easy to narrow down an unknown tree. With this book I had it figured out in 15 minutes. The book has a great feel to it and looks great just sitting on the table.
This book is a great resource. Informative, and easy to use. A must have for your Horticulture Library.
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