| Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Region: Volume 65 Contributor(s): Keator, Glenn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520230078 ISBN-13: 9780520230071 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees: majestic oaks and coast redwoods, lovely flowering dogwood and western redbud, graceful bigleaf maple, and many others. This guidebook, with its easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and copious illustrations, is the perfect guide to California's native and naturalized trees for those who want a handy, authoritative manual to carry into the field. o Species descriptions give fascinating and little-known facts about each tree and suggest locales to visit for viewing them o 250 color photographs illustrate traits essential for identification and show surrounding habitats for many species o Provides detailed tips on learning to use keys and other identification aids o Covers all nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Region and includes trees found in adjacent Monterey and Mendocino counties |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - General - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 582.16 |
| LCCN: 2002029140 |
| Series: California Natural History Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.4" W x 7.3" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees: majestic oaks and coast redwoods, lovely flowering dogwood and western redbud, graceful bigleaf maple, and many others. This guidebook, with its easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and copious illustrations, is the perfect guide to California's native and naturalized trees for those who want a handy, authoritative manual to carry into the field. o Species descriptions give fascinating and little-known facts about each tree and suggest locales to visit for viewing them o 250 color photographs illustrate traits essential for identification and show surrounding habitats for many species o Provides detailed tips on learning to use keys and other identification aids o Covers all nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Region and includes trees found in adjacent Monterey and Mendocino counties |