Texas Trees: A Friendly Guide

By Paul W. Cox

Book Overview

At last, an authoritative guide that is also readable; one that shows the trees' relation to human and animal life -- even in the charming illustrations. Includes leaf-shape guide, range maps, and an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931722675
• ISBN13: 9780931722677
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Corona Pub Co
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

leaf collection

I am a biology teacher and use this book in my classroom. My students have to do a leaf collection. The students have found this book useful for identifing the leaves. The good part of this book is that it cover a lot of trees.

If you are in Texas and an arborist, get this book!

It's really just that simple. No Texas Arborist should be without this book. It is very well written. I can only hope that one day a new edition will come out with detailed color plates.

It's really friendly, and really good

Patty Leslie Pasztor and Paul Cox are two of the great gurus of native plant life in Texas. And they are just as friendly as this book is. I have many Texas native plant books on my shelf, but this if my first "go to" volume. I especially love Patty's ethnobotany commentaries. They add a great breadth of understanding to Texas human history, as well as its natural history.

Indispensable

If you are interested in trees and live in Texas, this is the ONE book you must have. So often you have to buy a Western U.S. book for West Texas and an Eastern U.S. book for East Texas - and you still don't have all the trees in the Rio Grande Valley that are primarily Mexican. The book is clear and easy to use. Even better, it gives interesting tidbits about each tree's range and habits in Texas, including the location of the largest known example in the state.Highly recommended!

It Really Works!

Ever wonder what kind of tree you're looking at? If you're in Texas, you can't miss with this book.The book includes a map of soil types (with its natural diversity, Texas could be a country in itself!) and follows it with general drawings of leaves. Compare the leaf you see to the drawings in the book and you're sent to a tree family. From there you simply find the tree from more detailed drawings and area maps. It's easy! I am now considered a tree guru.What else? Look through the book and find which trees will do best in your area, their size and flowers, virtually everything the homeowner, naturalist, or budding naturalist needs or wants to know.When hiking our many parks and wildscape areas, other naturalist books stay home. This book comes with me...it's great!