Identifying Trees of the West: An All-Season Guide to Western North America

by Lois DeMarco, Jay Mengel

Overview

A field guide to every common tree in Western North America, with hundreds of color photos.
 
Learn how to recognize trees you see every day by their bark; branching patterns; fruits, flowers, or nuts; and overall appearance. Created for in-the-field or at-home use, this guide is an easy-to-use resource that covers every common tree in western North America—from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast. Clearly written for both beginning and advanced botanists, it provides tips for identification throughout a tree’s lifespan and in every season of the year.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811762854
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/14/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	288,503
File size:	92 MB
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About the Author

Lois Demarco has a degree in forestry from Rutgers University. She had a career with the U.S. Forest Service, where she retired as the Ecosystem Management Staff Officer of the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. She lives in Russell, Pennsylvania. Jay Mengel has a BS in biology from Lebanon Valley College and a master's in business from Troy University. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel, he began pursuing his interest in the outdoors. He had his own nature tour business in Mississippi and has been a seasonal interpretive ranger at Yellowstone National Park and a botany technician for a National Forest Research station. He lives in Russell, Pennsylvania.