num_pages: 128
description: What's the difference between an oak and a maple a spruce and a pine an ash and a sycamore? With this portable guide you'll be able to distinguish between more than 100 common American trees. Take it along on walks and hikes for quick accurate reference to brief nontechnical descriptions and hundreds of illustrations.Each page features a map showing the tree's geographical range and each illustration includes a background scale to help determine size. Leaves needles cones flowers fruit and other details are clearly noted. Most trees are depicted in their full summer glory but a key to identifying trees in winter is included along with a helpful Index.
language: English
title: Telling Trees: An Illustrated Guide
publisher: Dover Publications