This laminated guide features twenty-six native trees commonly found
from Alaska to Oregon, providing common and Latin names accompanied by
colour photographs of identifying features such as bark, leaves or
needles, flowers, cones, seeds and fruit. Information on identification,
range and an illustration of each tree's silhouette make it a snap to
distinguish a shore pine from a western white pine or a trembling aspen
from a paper birch. Also included are traditional uses and other
interesting tree facts and lore. For example, did you know that yellow
cedar can live up to 5,000 years? Or that the bigleaf maple flowers are
edible? Next time you go for a hike, pay attention to the forest and the
trees with one of these laminated guides slipped into your back pocket
or backpack.