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National Geographic Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs of North America by Bland Crowder (2015-03-31) Unknown Binding

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 508 ratings
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This basic beginner's field guide to the larger plants in North America is part of the growing National Geographic Pocket Guide series. Spot-on descriptive information and key facts about trees and shrubs are conveyed in a handy, colorful, easy-to-reference volume. More robust than any other beginning field guides on the market, this book includes selected photography and newly commissioned art and graphics to help identify each species of tree. Handy, authoritative, and easy to read, this pocket guides are useful in the field or as an in-home reference for beginners, nature lovers, and tree-climbers everywhere.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017YC10T6
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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
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Sturdy, Colorful, Perfect Size, and Very Educating Pocket Guide
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Sturdy, Colorful, Perfect Size, and Very Educating Pocket Guide
As a homeschool family we love little sturdy pocket guides. Each tree is named, then lists its proper name, average size and key facts describing it's needles,cones,flowers, fruit and usual location. Along with a one sentence summary is a real in color picture of the whole tree and a colorful drawing of it's leaves or other upclose details. Followed by a one paragraph description. Book is well organized and has a easy to use index at the back of the book. We found this very helpful to teach our children [and ourselves!] about the differences in identifying trees as we hiked [and even drove] around our city.Pros:Small enough for your back pocketStill large enough to readSturdy cover and hard pagesColorful [including the inside cover with quick examples of different classifications of tree leaves]
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LKUser
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Tree Guide
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
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Excellent tree guide — can toss in backpack while hiking, too.
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wacamato
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful for taking along on hikes. Find names of common trees and some you never knew existed.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022
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I love to know what the trees and plants are called . My mom and dad taught us all the common ones and some of the less common. With this guide you can easily find names and species of all the trees you come across.
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Donna
5.0 out of 5 stars Concise information
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2022
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This book is a great resource. The pictures and review of each variety are well written and give accurate information.
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Nancy Jo
4.0 out of 5 stars It’s portability makes it easier to use “in the field.” Very good pictures for comparison.
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
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I also have a Peterson’s Field Guide for trees, which gives more information about each entry and actually has more trees shown than the National Geographic book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2022
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This series is books are our absolute favorite. My 8-10 year old boys love them. We have all 8 in the set. I can not recommend them enough. I wish they had more like these.
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Dr. know itall
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good reference book
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2021
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I was interested in being able to identify local trees not being from the US originally. This little book is an excellent reference. 👌
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MaddyMark
5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning experience
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021
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This is a must have, if you enjoy nature walks or camping it'll be fun to take along. Also great book for families to explore with children.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Information on trees is good; organization not so good
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018
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When you find the tree you're looking for, this guide has good information on trees.

But, finding what you're looking for is not so easy. The intro says that gymnosperms (conifers) are covered first, then angiosperms. That's fine, but there is no info at all as to how things are arranged inside of those sections. (It's almost as if something were cut from the intro, as it starts out "The guide is organized in several ways" but then only describes the major breakdown.

But this means if I see a tree I want to identify, I have to look through many pages to find what I'm looking for. It really needs better organization within the major sections.
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Tyler mayer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2020
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Great for a budding tree enthusiast, full color pictures.
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Lorenzo J.
3.0 out of 5 stars Muy pocos arbustos
Reviewed in Spain on July 29, 2019
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Esta bien pero apenas y salen arbustos. Casi todo árboles.
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2020
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A great book, and a great size too.
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Jesse Seberg
4.0 out of 5 stars Overall good book
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2023
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It’s very basic but it definitely does help with identifying some trees , overall it’s an helpful resource
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2020
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Very informative 🙂
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