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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... seeds and foliage , are poisonous and , if eaten , can be fatal . However , the red , juicy cup around the seed is reported to be edible , provided the poisonous seed is not chewed or swallowed . Birds eat these cups and scatter the seeds ...
... seeds and foliage , are poisonous and , if eaten , can be fatal . However , the red , juicy cup around the seed is reported to be edible , provided the poisonous seed is not chewed or swallowed . Birds eat these cups and scatter the seeds ...
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... seeds of this species . A bird called Clark's nutcracker tears open the cones to eat the seeds ; in northern Eurasia , another nutcracker uses a similar method to obtain the seeds of a closely related species . Whitebark Pine is ...
... seeds of this species . A bird called Clark's nutcracker tears open the cones to eat the seeds ; in northern Eurasia , another nutcracker uses a similar method to obtain the seeds of a closely related species . Whitebark Pine is ...
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... seeds ; often shrubby . Height : 16-20 ' ( 5-6 m ) . Diameter : 1 ' ( 0.3 m ) . Needles : evergreen : 3 in bundle ( rarely 2 ) , with sheath shedding after first year ; 1- 22 " ( 2.5-6 cm ) long . Slender , flexible : green , with white ...
... seeds ; often shrubby . Height : 16-20 ' ( 5-6 m ) . Diameter : 1 ' ( 0.3 m ) . Needles : evergreen : 3 in bundle ( rarely 2 ) , with sheath shedding after first year ; 1- 22 " ( 2.5-6 cm ) long . Slender , flexible : green , with white ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
How to Use This Guide | 29 |
Thumb Tab Guide | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Arizona Baja California Bark base bipinnately bisexual British Columbia California calyx canyons capsules catkins Cercocarpus Cherry 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 ovate paired paler petals Pine pinnately pinnately compound pistil planted Ponderosa Pine Range reddish reddish-brown rocky rounded crown saw-toothed scaly ridges seeds sepals Shiny dark green short trunk short-pointed short-stalked showy shreddy shrub 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