Glenn Keator
Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Region
$45.00, £26.95 hardcover
978-0-520-23005-7
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$16.95, £9.95 paperback
978-0-520-23007-1
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264 pages, 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches, 250 color photographs, 5 line illustrations, 1 map
March 2003, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Ecology, Evolution, Environment; California & the West; Plants
March 2003, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Ecology, Evolution, Environment; California & the West; Plants
"Beautifully illustrated . . . this should prove useful for both amateur and professional tree people."—D. F. Karnosky, Choice: Current Reviews For Academic Libraries
The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees: majestic oaks and coast redwoods, lovely flowering dogwood and western redbud, graceful bigleaf maple, and many others. This guidebook, with its easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and copious illustrations, is the perfect guide to California's native and naturalized trees for those who want a handy, authoritative manual to carry into the field.
o Species descriptions give fascinating and little-known facts about each tree and suggest locales to visit for viewing them
o 250 color photographs illustrate traits essential for identification and show surrounding habitats for many species
o Provides detailed tips on learning to use keys and other identification aids
o Covers all nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Region and includes trees found in adjacent Monterey and Mendocino counties
o Species descriptions give fascinating and little-known facts about each tree and suggest locales to visit for viewing them
o 250 color photographs illustrate traits essential for identification and show surrounding habitats for many species
o Provides detailed tips on learning to use keys and other identification aids
o Covers all nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Region and includes trees found in adjacent Monterey and Mendocino counties
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