Desert Tree Finder: Identifying Trees and Tree-Like Cacti of the Desert Southwest

Desert Tree Finder: Identifying Trees and Tree-Like Cacti of the Desert Southwest - Paperback

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Desert Tree Finder: Identifying Trees and Tree-Like Cacti of the Desert Southwest

Desert Tree Finder: Identifying Trees and Tree-Like Cacti of the Desert Southwest - Paperback

$7.95
Sale price  $7.95 Regular price 

Book Overview

Identify trees and tree-like cacti in the southwestern United States with this pocket-size guide.


You can appreciate and enjoy beautiful trees of the desert and dry desert hills, as well as some trees commonly grown in human-made oases! If you're curious about the trees and tree-like cacti that you see, then Desert Tree Finder by May Theilgaard Watts is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify trees throughout the Chihuahuan, Mohave, Sonoran, and southern Great Basin deserts of the United States and along the northern border of Mexico.


The book provides a dichotomous key to identifying desert trees. Simply answer a series of simple questions about the location, appearance, branches, leaves, and more. Along the way, professional illustrations by Tom Watts help to guide you to a positive identification.


Book Features:


  • Step-by-step guide to desert tree identification

  • More than 70 species of trees and tree-like cacti

  • Professional line illustrations with key markings for identification

  • Small format that fits into a pocket or pack


This guide is applicable to desert areas primarily within the southwestern US states of Arizona, California, Nevada, and New Mexico.

ISBN9780912550480
Author May Theilgaard Watts
PublisherNature Study Guild Publishers
GenreHobbies & interests and Travel
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2024
Edition2
LanguageENG- English
Pages64
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About May Theilgaard Watts

May Theilgaard Watts was an esteemed naturalist and celebrated ecologist, as well as a writer, poet, illustrator, and educator. She served as a naturalist at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. She taught natural history classes and shared the stories written on the land by wind, rain, and fire; by animals and plants; by time; and by history. In 1963, she was credited with proposing a plan that would ultimately become the national rails-to-trails program. She was the author of such books as Reading the Landscape of America, Flower Finder, and Tree Finder, which has exceeded 150,000 copies sold. May passed away in 1975.

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