A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Field Marks of All Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines that Grow Wild in the Northeastern and North-central United States and in Southeastern and South-central Canada

George A. Petrides

Houghton Mifflin, 1972 - Gardening - 428 pages

All the wild trees, shrubs, and woody vines in the area north to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to the Dakotas and Kansas are described in detail. Accounts of 646 species include shape and arrangement of leaves, height, color, bark texture, flowering season, and fruit. Clear, accurate drawings illustrate leaves, flowers, buds, tree silhouettes, and other characteristics.

About the author

ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Field Marks of All Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines that Grow Wild in the Northeastern and North-central United States and in Southeastern and South-central Canada; Peterson field guide series
• Author: George A. Petrides
• Illustrated by: George A. Petrides, Roger Tory Peterson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1972
• ISBN: 039535370X, 9780395353707
• Length: 428 pages
• Subjects: Gardening / Shrubs; Nature / Animals / Birds; Nature / Birdwatching Guides; Nature / General; Nature / Plants / Trees