Field Guide to the Woody Plants of the Northern Forest - (Northern Forest Atlas Guides) by Jerry Jenkins (Paperback)

About the Book

"A field guide to the woody and nearly woody plants of the Northern Forest Region. It includes 270 species in 98 genera and 45 families; treats buds, leaves, flowers, fruits, geography, and ecology; has an extended section of quick guides to genera; and is illustrated with over 2,500 color drawings and about 370 high-resolution photos"--

Book Synopsis

The Field Guide to the Woody Plants of the Northern Forest is a compact guide to the ecology, geography, and identification of the trees, shrubs, and wood vines of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. It 272 species, provides 80 quick guides and charts for rapid identification, and contains nearly 3,000 color drawings and photos.

It is the first field guide in sixty-five years to cover the trees and shrubs of the Northern Forest Region; the first ever to include quick guides to habitats, buds, leaves, flowers, fruits, and families; and the first ever to use stacked photos and colored vector drawings throughout.

A companion digital atlas with 2,200 additional images is available as a free download on the Atlas website, northernforestatlas.org.

About the Author

Jerry Jenkins directs the Northern Forest Atlas Project. He is the author of Grasses of the Northern Forest, Woody Plants of the Northern Forest, Sedges of the Northern Forest, Mosses of the Northern Forest, Climate Change in the Adirondacks, and The Adirondack Atlas and coauthor of Acid Rain in the Adirondacks.