num_pages: 720
description: The most comprehensive and user-friendly field guide to the trees of eastern North AmericaCovering 825 species more than any comparable field guide Trees of Eastern North America is the most comprehensive best illustrated and easiest-to-use book of its kind. Presenting all the native and naturalized trees of the eastern United States and Canada as far west as the Great Plainsincluding those species found only in tropical and subtropical Florida and northernmost Canadathe book features superior descriptions; thousands of meticulous color paintings by David More that illustrate important visual details; range maps that provide a thumbnail view of distribution for each native species; Quick ID summaries; a user-friendly layout; scientific and common names; the latest taxonomy; information on the most recently naturalized species; keys to leaves and twigs; and an introduction to tree identification forest ecology and plant classification and structure. The easy-to-read descriptions present details of size shape growth habit bark leaves flowers fruit flowering and fruiting times habitat and range. Using a broad definition of a tree the book covers many small overlooked species normally thought of as shrubs. With its unmatched combination of breadth and depth this is an essential guide for every tree lover.
language: English
title: Trees of Eastern North America
publisher: Princeton University Press