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

by George A. Petrides, Olivia Petrides, George A.; Olivia Petrides; (Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides) Petrides

Book Overview

This newly designed field guide features detailed descriptions of 387 species, arranged in six major groups by visual similarity. The 47 color plates and 5 text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 295 color range maps accompany the species descriptions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395904544
• ISBN13: 9780395904541
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.4" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Just exactly the right amout of information

We built a cabin in the mountains and I wanted to be able to distinguish cedars from spruce from pines from ???. We've learned so much from this book. It has exactly the right amount of information to educate without overwhelming. The book is now stuffed with leaves, needles and locations as we become educated about our environment.

good book

The book is great for people that like to look up trees and the book was in great shape

Explore a New World

I am a birder but always wanted to ID the trees that the birds were perched in. I first took this book out in the field to the Arboretums in San Francisco and Berkeley. I found the book easy to use for IDing native trees. I also took this book with me on a trip to the eastern Sierras and trees that I have previously looked at as "pines" turned into Lodgepole, Mountain Hemlock, Whitebark, Red and White Fir, and Jerrery Pine. It really opened up a new world for me. And naming nature is one way to understanding the wonderfully diverse tree species of the west.

learning at the max

this tree book is amazing.while i hate science, this book got me into it. its still not my favorite subject, but now i like it.