| Description |
61 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Visual glossary -- Quick guide to the quick guides -- Quick guides to buds & twigs. Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickles -- Buds covered with small scales -- Vines & creepers -- Buds hidden beneath leaf scar -- Buds densely furry -- Buds or twigs aromatic -- Bud scales single or fused -- Bud scales in two rows -- Several buds at twig tips -- Large distinctive buds at twig tips -- Quick guides to leaves. Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickles -- Vines & creepers -- Compound leaves -- Lobed or angular leaves -- Leaves with coarse scalloped or rounded teeth -- No teeth or scallops at all -- Leaves with distinctive shapes -- Leaves with fine, uniform teeth -- Leaves with two sizes of teeth -- Systematic sections. Evergreens -- Opposite buds -- Alternate buds -- Opposite leaves -- Alternate leaves -- Gallery. |
| Summary |
"A visual reference for rapid identification of twigs and leaves. Contains nineteen quick guides and five systematic sections, which present the species in five basic groups: evergreens, opposite buds, alternate buds, opposite leaves, alternate leaves. Intended as a quick guide for provisional identification, for adults and K-12 educational material. Accompanying folding charts for field use sold separately"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Woody plants -- Northeastern States -- Identification.
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Woody plants -- Canada, Eastern -- Identification.
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Forest plants -- Northeastern States -- Identification.
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Forest plants -- Canada, Eastern -- Identification.
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Forest plants. (OCoLC)fst00932289
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Woody plants. (OCoLC)fst01179965
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Eastern Canada. (OCoLC)fst01692639
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Northeastern States. (OCoLC)fst01242521
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides. (OCoLC)fst01940354
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Field guides.
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| ISBN |
9781501719684 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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1501719688 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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