Illustrated Guide to Trees and Shrubs : a Handbook of the Woody Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada/Revised Edition
Authoritative, easily accessible guide omits lengthy technical descriptions in favor of easy-to-use keys covering such characteristics as leaves, twigs, bark, buds, seeds, stems, fruit or fruit stalks, and other identifying traits. Over 300 pen-and-ink drawings by Maud H. Purdy, noted botanical illustrator. "I recommend this book most highly."--Farida A. Wiley, American Museum of Natural History
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; HOW TO USE THE KEYS; SUMMER KEY; I. Gymnosperms; II. Angiosperms. Seeds in an ovary.; WINTER KEY; I. Gymnosperms; II. Angiosperms; DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS OF SPECIES; I. GYMNOSPERMAE
GYMNOSPERMS; II. ANGIOSPERMAE
ANGIOSPERMS; SHORT CUTS TO NAMING; SOME HELPFUL REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX