Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees

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Northwest Trees: Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees - Arno, Stephen
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  • Perennial favorite in a new, convenient field-guide size
  • Concise natural history facts about more than 60 native species
No other guide duplicates Arno and Hammerly's blend of expertise and visual artistry. Covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and north into Canada, they identify and illustrate more than 60 species of indigenous Northwestern trees by characteristic shape, size, needles or leaves, and cones or seeds. This essential guide:
  • Provides an easy-to-use illustrated identification key based on the most reliable and non-technical features of each species
  • Features the ecology and human history associated with all Northwest trees
  • Includes 185 exceptionally accurate drawings as well as historical photos that bring these trees to life
Product Details
Price
$19.95  $18.55
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Publish Date
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.3 X 0.8 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781680513295

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About the Author
STEPHEN ARNO grew up on the shores of Puget Sound and later worked summers as a ranger and naturalist in the Olympic and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. In 1970 he began a career as a forest ecologist with the USDA Forest Service. His recent books are Flames in Our Forest; Disaster or Renewal and Restoring Fire-Prone Forest in the West.

RAMONA HAMMERLY is a native of Puget Sound. She illustrated Northwest Trees (1977) and Timberline (1984), and has worked primarily in watercolor, pen and ink, etching, and oils. She shows her art in various galleries throughout the Northwest.

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