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Winter Tree Finder: A Manual for Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter (Eastern Us) (Nature Study Guides) - Softcover

Watts, Mary T.; Watts, Tom

 
9780912550039: Winter Tree Finder: A Manual for Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter (Eastern Us) (Nature Study Guides)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0912550031 ISBN 13: 9780912550039
Publisher: Wilderness Press, 1970

Synopsis

Easily Identify the Trees You Find, Even in Winter!

This essential guide by celebrated ecologist May Theilgaard Watts helps readers enjoy getting to know trees, even in winter when the leaves have fallen from the branches. With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify the trees around you in no time.

Features include:

  • Key to identifying deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves in the winter) by looking at twigs, buds, fruits, and other features
  • Explanations of the structure of twigs
  • Information about habitats and ranges of native and some widely introduced trees
  • Illustrations with the author's line drawings

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About the Author

May Theilgaard Watts (1893-1975) was a teacher, writer, illustrator, and naturalist. Born in Illinois, she was a pioneer in the field of ecology.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

If the buds are downy and dark, and the inner bark slimy, it is SLIPPERY ELM Ulmus rubra

If the buds are brown, not downy, it is AMERICAN ELM Ulmus americana

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Publisher
Wilderness Press
Publication date
1970
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0912550031
ISBN 13 
9780912550039
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
64