Trees of New York Field Guide (Tree Identification Guides) Paperback – May 10, 2006

I only wish all my field guides were this well organized.Imagine this. A book small enough to fit in your shirt pocket, but with each page identically formatted:· A full page on the left side with a look at the leaves, berries, etc as they appear· Insets on the left-hand page with the bark, flower and fruitsThen on the right hand page -· An icon on the top right hand corner with the leaf-type for quick flipping· An icon on the bottom right hand corner with the leaf-size for quick flipping· An icon on the top left hand corner with a silhouette of the tree standing next to a house, for quick size/shape reference· Then all the usual details about the tree that you'd expect to find in a typical field guide (I won't list them here)· And finally, "Stan's Notes" - a quirky and informative paragraph with stuff about the trees that you're not likely to find in a boilerplate field guide, like things each tree might provide or come in handy for, and even its history and "behavior" (who knew trees could behave?)Although it's a serious, practical field guide, my 5-year-old daughter still wrestles it away from me whenever she sees me with it because she loves the pictures and takes pride in finding trees that we've seen near our home.A bargain indeed.

Very helpful identifying local trees when you just learning

Got "Trees of New York" to use with my 5-year-old grandson, who is fascinated by acorns. Entries show leaves, bark, flower, & fruit (acorn), so it's been easy to ID the kind of tree we're in front of. I've learned a lot too. Who knew about Bur Oaks? Turns out they have distinctive brown acorns. Since it's fall, we've branched out to other nuts we've found. That has lead to conversations about why birds and animals need to fill up before winter. He now looks for birds that might be preparing to fly South.It helps our success in distinguishing among what we find that we're dealing only with trees found in NY. Yesterday he asked if he could borrow the book to look at more trees. I'd recommend this for anyone who looks at a tree at any season and asks, "I wonder what that is."

This book arrived on time. Pictures are very good but maybe it would be better if the book was a little larger in size to make it easier to identify trees. But then it wouldn't be easy to carry around.

I have this book, Stan's bird books for both NY and WI, and his flower book for WI. They are very good books for amateurs/beginners, the pictures are great, the notes pertinent, easy to use. I like that he specifically notes which trees/flowers are native vs. non-native, which my current NY wildflower book, a much more "professional" guide, does not do.

This is a great book with information all on one page for each species. I especially enjoy the leaf/needle identification feature. Informative about native/non native trees and possible life span is amazing. Illustrates diseases each tree is susceptible to. Small enough to walk around with.

It was informative. I used it to study different types of trees.

I like knowing more about the world around me and trees are good to know. The book was interesting in that it told of the trees ( many more than you might know of in one family and many families) that grow in New York and if they were introduced or were here naturally.