About this item
Covering 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 Plains--including those species found only in tropical and subtropical Florida and northernmost Canada--the 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.
About the Author
I'm the creator and webmaster of the Gymnosperm Database, at www.conifers.org . From the home page there you can find links to my curriculum vita and a more personal biographical note. Suffice it to say, most of my publications deal with conifers, and most of my published photos are of conifers, usually with a strong ecological slant - I am above all an ecologist, seeing all of human and natural history through an ecologist's eyes. My day job mostly concerns endangered species management (ALL sorts of endangered species, though salmon play an especially prominent role), and my adventures mostly involve some combination of conifers, canoes, motorcycles, and backpacks. All are fit subjects for books, and one day I hope to wrap up a bucket list that mostly contains a list of things I want to write about natural history and its importance to building a working human society.
