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The Sibley guide to trees / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.
Fine Arts Library - Reserve QK477.2.I4 S53 2009
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sibley, David, 1961- author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trees--North America--Identification.
- Trees.
- Trees--United States--Identification.
- Trees--Canada--Identification.
- Trees--North America--Guidebooks.
- Canada.
- North America.
- United States.
- Genre:
- travel guidebooks.
- Field guides
- Guidebooks
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xxxviii, 426 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
- illustration
- polychrome
- map
- Other Title:
- Guide to trees
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
- Summary:
- "This book covers the identification of 668 native and commonly cultivated trees found in the temperate areas of North America north of Mexico. This includes most of the continental United States and Canada, an area corresponding to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant hardiness zones 1-8" -- Introduction, p. ix
- Contents:
- Getting started
- What is a tree?
- Taxonomy
- Size
- Maps
- Habitat
- Tree conservation
- Tree identification
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Fruit
- Twigs
- Buds
- Bark
- Yew family
- Pine family
- Cypress family
- Exotic gymnosperms
- Ginkgo
- Palm family
- Joshua tree
- Saguaro
- Laurel family
- Custard-apple family
- Magnolia family
- Katsura family
- Sycamore family
- Witch-hazel family
- Sweetgum family
- Tamarisk family
- Myrtle family
- Loosestrife family
- Legume family
- Bayberry family
- Walnut family
- Birch family
- Beech family
- Spurge family
- Willow family
- Oleaster family
- Mulberry family
- Buckthorn family
- Rose family
- Hemp family
- Elm family
- Mallow family
- Cashew family
- Mahogany family
- Rue family
- Soapberry family
- Quassia family
- Dogwood family
- Tupelo family
- Cyrilla family
- Sapodilla family
- Ebony family
- Heath family
- Snowball family
- Tea family
- Four families
- Olive family
- Trumpet creeper family
- Paulownia family
- Aralia family
- Holly family
- Muskroot family.
- Notes:
- Colored maps on endpapers.
- This is a Borzoi book.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-399) and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sibley, David, 1961- Sibley guide to trees.
- ISBN:
- 9780375415197
- 037541519X
- OCLC:
- 277201819
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