Trees in Canada

by John Laird Farrar

Ten years in preparation, this is the most comprehensive book on the trees of Canada and the northern United States ever published.

Trees In Canada features:

136 range maps in Canada and reaching into the United States to southern Pennsylvania and northern California. A new easy tree-identification method in which trees are organized into 12 groups based on leaf shape and arrangement along the twig. Keys for both summer and winter identification. 580 colour photographs and 1600 drawings of special features useful for identification.

Trees In Canada builds on the popular Native Trees of Canada (out of print), which, for 8 editions and over 75 years, guided amateur naturalists and forest science professionals in tree identification.

Trees In Canada is an essential tool for the amateur naturalist and forest science professional, landscape architect, student, or teacher, and a collectible for all those fascinated by trees and forests.

See what the Tree Canada Foundation has to say about the book at www.treecanada.ca/trees/index.php. The Tree Canada Foundation is a charitable organization which partners with local volunteers to improve our quality of life by planting and caring for trees. In your neighbourhoods, schoolyards, parks and in the countryside, Tree Canada leaves a living, breathing legacy for generations to come.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Nature, Canada, Education

502 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 1995

Reviews

[Kevin Giles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn’t have completed my training for forest resource inventory without this well laid out book!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like identifying trees, you'll like this book.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is essential and used constantly by an arborist and ecologist.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great reference book to find out what trees you are looking at in the nature!

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far the best tree identification and information book I have ever seen. It hosts a wealth of information on and illustrations of a huge number of species.
It's comprehensive for Canada, but pretty good for the northern US as well. (In fact, an identical edition is sold in the US as _Trees in Canada and the Northern United States_—for a good amount more money.)

[John G · Rating 5 out of 5]

An astounding work. Wonderful natural science reference. The life work of Dr. Farrar. Can be used as an identification guide but its real strength is the treatment of each tree species. Line drawings for taxonomy and colour pictures for identification. With concise but terse information also on habitat and utilization.