Briefly describes the value of a tree.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe different leaves and the trees from which they fall in the autumn.

Despite the warnings of the old man with whom she has always lived, nine-year-old Rowanna is drawn to the forest and a huge tree she can just barely see from her home at the edge of the sea-especially after she befriends a bear who is much more than he seems.

This volume combines the author's two previous titles, (Diirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs, and Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates) under one cover. It is fully updated with new plants, photography, and commentary. From evergreens to vines and flowering shrubs, this encyclopedia features thousands of plants with all the essential details for identification, planting, and care, plus full-color photographs showing a tree's habit in winter, distinctive...

A visual guide to the natural science of trees as well as a field guide to the trees found in the United States and Canada.