Trees of Texas Field Guide (Tree Identification Guides) Paperback – May 28, 2009

I've gone through lots of tree books in the last year. I found this as a new addition at the local library. It was so good I ordered my own. I had told my son there were no good tree books and I was going to write my own, but Stan Tekiela has come pretty durn close with "Trees of Texas - Field Guide". It has good depth, covers all the common trees of Texas and the photos of the leaves and other identifying characteristics are the best I've seen yet. The descriptions are complete without being wordy and Stan's notes on each tree are useful and interesting. The book is well organized, by leaf characteristics, so its relatively easy to find the right page when you have no idea what sort of tree you are trying to ID. A big plus is that the book is small enough to throw in your pack or even your coat pocket.The only fault I can find is with the index. It does not have a cross index by Scientific Name and even some common names, of trees found within the book, are missing from the index.

The photos were a tad small. But overall it's an okay field guide.

Overall very informational. Can help greatly in tree identification. My only request is that instead of stating what region or area of Texas a tree exists, is to show it shaded on a map of Texas insert onto the page. For someone not exactly up-to-date on Texas geography (recently moved here) it would make an already great tree resource book, even better.

Small book, which makes it suitable to carry around. To a newbie like me, it's informative. But it should have included images of the whole tree.

Perfect size to carry out in the woods, we went out to the property trying to identify what kind of trees we had, to see which ones we wanted to keep. Perfect

Ok, this book looks totally unprepossessing in the photos. We were astonished at the size and weight of it! So much information packed into a small package. It was bought for my husband's birthday as he's the garden enthusiast in our home, but he reads it sometimes like a book. Very interesting, well presented, lots (I mean LOTS) of photos. Definitely a great buy!

This is described as a "Field Guide". BUT my first copy fell apart along the spine within 4 hours - just reading it whilst sitting in a chair in the garden! Amazon was great - they had a replacement copy to me within 4 days. I was very very careful handling this one - but it too fell apart along the spine within 1 hour - whilst sitting in the same chair. (Could that be the connection?).I did not return the second copy - but rather finished pulling it apart, cutting and hole punching each page, and then binding it in a plastic ring comb.Why did I go to so much trouble and keep it when it fell apart?Quite simply the content is very very good. Great photographs with well structured and laid out material. I was able to use it to positively identify 6 different trees in my own and my neighbours gardens without too much difficulty.Hopefully when I do take it with me in to "the field" on my travels the ring comb will keep it all together and ensure that it remains useable.So - 5 stars for content, 1 star for durability, averages to a 3 star rating overall.As an aside I also have the companion "Birds of Texas Field Guide" by the same author. That book is equally well structured with great photos and material. Even better I've had that one for some weeks now and it shows no signs of falling apart! (Fingers crossed).

For a basic identification guide, this is good. It's a small handbook (4½ x 6 inches, ¾ inch thick), full color throughout, with more than 150 species pictured, and with an appendix of tree-like species (yuccas, palms, etc.), a glossary, and an index. A dozen descriptive notes are included with each species, with photos including leaf, bark, flower, and fruit.

llego rapidisimo, muy buen libro, muy util