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

By: Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 61 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1501719688
  • 9781501719684
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 582.16 23
LOC classification:
  • QK118 .J46 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Visual glossary -- Quick guide to the quick guides -- Quick guides to buds & twigs. Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickles -- Buds covered with small scales -- Vines & creepers -- Buds hidden beneath leaf scar -- Buds densely furry -- Buds or twigs aromatic -- Bud scales single or fused -- Bud scales in two rows -- Several buds at twig tips -- Large distinctive buds at twig tips -- Quick guides to leaves. Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickles -- Vines & creepers -- Compound leaves -- Lobed or angular leaves -- Leaves with coarse scalloped or rounded teeth -- 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 -- 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.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Visual glossary -- Quick guide to the quick guides -- Quick guides to buds & twigs. Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickles -- Buds covered with small scales -- Vines & creepers -- Buds hidden beneath leaf scar -- Buds densely furry -- Buds or twigs aromatic -- Bud scales single or fused -- Bud scales in two rows -- Several buds at twig tips -- Large distinctive buds at twig tips -- Quick guides to leaves. Thorns, spines, bristles, or prickles -- Vines & creepers -- Compound leaves -- Lobed or angular leaves -- Leaves with coarse scalloped or rounded teeth -- 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 -- 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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