Woody plants of the northern forest : a photographic guide / Jerry Jenkins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A northern forest atlas guidePublisher: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2018Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2018Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781501719684
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 582.16 23
LOC classification:
  • QK118 .J46 2018
Contents:
Introduction and visual glossary -- Quick guides to buds & twigs -- Athorns, spines, bristles, or prickers -- Buds covered with small scales -- Vines & creepers -- Buds hidden beneath leaf scar -- Buds densely furry -- Buds or twigs aromatic -- Single visible bud scale -- Bud scales in two rows -- Several buds at twig twips -- Large distinctive buds at twig tips -- Quick guides to leaves -- Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickers -- Vines & creepers -- Compound leaves -- Lobed or angular leaves -- Leaves with coarse teeth or scallops -- No teeth or scallops at all -- Leaves with distinctive shapes -- Leaves with fine uniform teeth -- Leaves with two sizes of teeth -- Systematic sections -- Evergreens -- Opposite buds -- Alternate buds -- Opposite leaves -- Alternate leaves -- Tree gallery.
Summary: "A visual reference for rapid identification of twigs and leaves. Contains nineteen quick guides and five systematic sections, which present the species in five basic groups: evergreens, opposite buds, alternate buds, opposite leaves, alternate leaves. Intended as a quick guide for provisional identification, for adults and K-12 educational material. Accompanying folding charts for field use sold separately"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

Introduction and visual glossary -- Quick guides to buds & twigs -- Athorns, spines, bristles, or prickers -- Buds covered with small scales -- Vines & creepers -- Buds hidden beneath leaf scar -- Buds densely furry -- Buds or twigs aromatic -- Single visible bud scale -- Bud scales in two rows -- Several buds at twig twips -- Large distinctive buds at twig tips -- Quick guides to leaves -- Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickers -- Vines & creepers -- Compound leaves -- Lobed or angular leaves -- Leaves with coarse teeth or scallops -- No teeth or scallops at all -- Leaves with distinctive shapes -- Leaves with fine uniform teeth -- Leaves with two sizes of teeth -- Systematic sections -- Evergreens -- Opposite buds -- Alternate buds -- Opposite leaves -- Alternate leaves -- Tree gallery.

"A visual reference for rapid identification of twigs and leaves. Contains nineteen quick guides and five systematic sections, which present the species in five basic groups: evergreens, opposite buds, alternate buds, opposite leaves, alternate leaves. Intended as a quick guide for provisional identification, for adults and K-12 educational material. Accompanying folding charts for field use sold separately"-- Provided by publisher.

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