A Field Guide to Western Trees: Western United States and Canada

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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992 - Trees - 308 pages
This handbook covers all the native trees of the western side of the United States and Canada, plus those introduced and now commonly found in the region. The 400 species featured live in habitats ranging from mountains and deserts to grasslands. The most usual landscape trees are also included.

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How to Use This Book
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Conebearing Trees with Needlelike or Scalelike
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Broadleaved Trees with Opposite Compound
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Ecologist and field naturalist George A. Petrides worked with the National Park Services and was later a professor at Michigan State University at Lansing. Petrides has written books for the Peterson's Field Guide series and was also the recipient of an award from the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan for A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs.

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