H Jeff, Jim;

Jim Lewis wrote:

For winter (bare) Tree and shrub ID the Audubon book is
better
than Peterson's. It shows bark.

Bark helps, but often puzzles me on younger trees, they all
seem to
look alike which is why I suggested the Petersons, for the
bud-based Key. Does the Audubon book have a key, Jim?? I can't
recall,
and I know your bookshelf is closer than mine.


No "key" in the sense you mean, Anita. Audubon calls the photo
pages "keys" and they key in on flowers, leaves, bark, etc..

...There is a pair of books (whose
titles TOTALLY escape me) that show photos of twigs, bud
scars,
etc.. They are large (10x11 at LEAST!). One deals with
shrubs
and the other with trees.

Shrub Identification Book by George Symonds, and the rather
thinner
Tree Identification Book. These are excellent, but a bit much
to carry
out collecting

Those 'r them. And you're right . . . but if you have a
wheelbarrow . . .

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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