Trees of the West

by Mabel Crittenden

Overview

Tress of the West is a new and unique way to get to know your trees. With more than 160 illustrations and a sure-fire key to identifying our living green friends, Trees of the West becomes an indispensable handbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780888392695
Publisher:	Hancock House Publishers
Publication date:	09/28/1992
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mabel Crittenden discovered her passion for trees and flowers early. Her mother was an amateur botanist and her father was a geologist. She majored in biology at college and did graduate studies in botany at Stanford University. Pursuing this interest, she taught high school biology, then zoology and nature studies at San Jose State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	4
Clues to Tree Identification	7
Key to Western Trees	11
Conifers	32
California Palm and Joshua	102
Broadleaf Trees	105
The ""Intruders""	198
How to Grow Native trees from Seed	205
Glossary	210
Bibliography	213
Index	215