Identifying Species - Book Recommendation?

JasonG

Good day,

I would like to explore the option of collecting in the wild ... well, in the Michigan wild at least.

Can anyone recommend a good book/guide to identifying types of trees (by foliage, etc)?

Thanks!

Jason

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dbz12fan

My reccomendation would be to go with someone who knows the species as well as the area. They will help you get the best trees possible.

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Hitza

I don't have any clue about good bonsai book for people in america. But I am intrested about collecting materials. Every book tells something about it, but is it part of everyman's rights? Because the everyman's rights says that you are not allowed at changing the view, and it changes at least little at picking up trees like Walter Pall http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...&threadid=4217. Just curious the rights can be little different in different rights.

FredL

Jason, I use and like "National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Trees Eastern Region".

It is really helpful if you can go on nature walks with the rangers at local state parks. There is nothing like somebody who knows the local trees showing you how to identify them. I haven't been able to do that. Even though I was a Forestry major for 3 yers in college in New Jersey and was a superstar at tree identification (Dendrology), I have been having a heck of a time figuring out how to tell the trees apart here in the Ozarks. We have a bewildering assortment of Hickories, for example and it takes along time to get to know them. Many other species have two or three very similar species. I spend quite abit of time in the woods just trying to get to know different trees over time before I even attempt to make positive identification. I've been at it for 4 years nowand know a whole lot more than when I first came (couldn't tell an Elm from a Hornbeam for along time!), but there's a wole lot I still don't know.

Fred