National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--W: Western RegionThe most comprehensive field guide available to the trees of North America's western region--a must-have for any enthusiast's day pack or home library--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. Nearly 700 species of trees are detailed in beautiful, full-color photographs of leaf shape, bark, flowers, fruit, and fall leaves, and accompanied by informative text. Both compact and comprehensive, and featuring a durable vinyl binding, this is the ideal field companion for beginner and advanced tree-peepers alike. Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains, while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it. |
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... Trans - Pecos Texas and adjacent Mexico . Height : 40 ' ( 12 m ) . Diameter : 2 ' ( 0.6 m ) . Leaves : 2-4 " ( 5-10 cm ) long and 11⁄2- 34 " ( 4-8 cm ) wide . Ovate , long- pointed at tip , rounded or blunt at base ; deeply divided into ...
... Trans - Pecos Texas and adjacent Mexico . Height : 40 ' ( 12 m ) . Diameter : 2 ' ( 0.6 m ) . Leaves : 2-4 " ( 5-10 cm ) long and 11⁄2- 34 " ( 4-8 cm ) wide . Ovate , long- pointed at tip , rounded or blunt at base ; deeply divided into ...
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... Trans - Pecos Texas . Height : 40 ' ( 12 m ) . Diameter : 10 " ( 25 cm ) . Leaves : 12-22 " ( 4-6 cm ) long , 4- 14 " ( 2-3 cm ) wide . Elliptical , often widest beyond middle , blunt or short- pointed at tip , rounded and slightly ...
... Trans - Pecos Texas . Height : 40 ' ( 12 m ) . Diameter : 10 " ( 25 cm ) . Leaves : 12-22 " ( 4-6 cm ) long , 4- 14 " ( 2-3 cm ) wide . Elliptical , often widest beyond middle , blunt or short- pointed at tip , rounded and slightly ...
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... Trans - Pecos Texas northwest to N. Arizona ; also Mexico ; at 4500-8000 ' ( 1372-2438 m ) . Alligator Juniper is easily recognized by its distinctive bark . One of the largest junipers , it is used for fuel and fenceposts . New sprouts ...
... Trans - Pecos Texas northwest to N. Arizona ; also Mexico ; at 4500-8000 ' ( 1372-2438 m ) . Alligator Juniper is easily recognized by its distinctive bark . One of the largest junipers , it is used for fuel and fenceposts . New sprouts ...
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Arizona Baja California Bark base bipinnately bisexual British Columbia California calyx canyons capsules catkins Cercocarpus clusters cone-scales Cones conifers corolla deeply furrowed dense Description Diameter Douglas-fir drooping drupe early spring edible elliptical evergreen Flowers foliage forests Fruit gray Habitat hairless hairs hairy beneath hairy when young Height Juniper lance-shaped leaf leaflets leafstalks Leaves light brown lobes long-pointed maturing in late Mexico Moist soils mountains narrow native Needles nutlets oblong ornamental ovary ovate paired paler petals Pine pinnately pinnately compound pistil planted Ponderosa Pine pure stands Range reddish reddish-brown rocky rounded crown saw-toothed scaly ridges seeds sepals Shiny dark green short-pointed short-stalked showy shreddy shrub or small Sierra Nevada slender slightly slopes small tree smooth sometimes species spreading branches stalkless stalks stamens stout teeth thick thin tiny toothed Trans-Pecos Trans-Pecos Texas tree with short Twigs usually veins whitish wide Willow yellow yellow-green