Tree Finder: A Manual for Identification of Trees by their Leaves (Eastern US) (Nature Study Guides)

Don't get me wrong, it doesn't have all of them, of course, but I used this pamphlet in my Dendrology class, and it almost made it to the very end of the semester. By the end, there were only a few trees we covered that weren't in this book, and they were always the least common trees. For the great price, extremely convenient size, and ease of use, this book is amazing all around and well worth it.

I'm a Certified Arborist with 19 years in the green industry. This was one of the books I used to lock down my Tree ID skills. I have also used this book to teach both future Arborists and BSA Scouts and Scout Leaders.

I still like the book.Maybe I missed the size in the description?May work out better being small?

Used one at a forestry day, and purchased it for my son. He loves it

While it is great on its own, pair this with the Audubon field guide for your region and you are totally set. My mom had this book when we were young and I had been wanting to get it for a while. So happy to find it on Amazon. My son is 4 and LOVES learning the trees around us when we hike. This is the easiest and quickest way to identify a tree by it's leaves. The Audubon field guides or other comprehensive books are good for color pics and more info, but this book is the quickest first-line identification tool that I've found. It will cover all common species and many others, but it isn't a dendrology textbook so calibrate your expectations if you're looking for an exhaustive compendium of every tree you may potentially come across.One of the two star reviews said that the book was "not very intuitive". I strongly disagree. It is organized extremely logically. There are a series of (usually) binary choices, eventually leading to species identification. My toddler gets it.

I really like this little book. It's small enough to fit in my back pocket so I can take it with me into the woods. I am an herbalist and a forager, and I have 8 acres of mature woods. In my forays, many times I'll come upon a tree that I don't recognize so I finally bought a book. I don't really trust apps for this purpose because I have found mistakes. This book is really simple to use. I finally identified a Beech on my property that I had been wondering about for years. It actually had Beechnuts! Now I know I can forage those in the fall.This is an excellent book, not only for a beginner, but also for someone more experienced, like me.

This little book is a great aid to tree identification. It's small enough to stick in your pocket when you're on a hike. The drawings are good and the format makes it reasonably easy to use. That said, I've been disappointed that it doesn't include a number of the trees that are common here in NJ. (I've found a number of examples already; the most recent I discovered was Witch-Hazel.) I know they have to leave some species out, but I would have expected them to include all of the species that are common or characteristic of the various eastern forest types. I hope this can be remedied in a future edition - there's plenty of room to add things without making the book too big.

For such a small book, it packs a lot of trees into it - Eastern North America only. You won't find hybrids, some imports (garden) trees, but it packs in over 100 common trees & can lead anyone into a quick, accurate identification with very little practice. It's small enough to fit into a back pocket without a bulge, which means I'm more likely to have it with me when I want it. That's the biggest plus. The more comprehensive books are OK, but they're always back at the house when I need them or in the way as I walk through the woods & want to take a picture. Not this book!I have several tree ID books & keep thinking I'll outgrow this one, but I haven't yet & I've been using it for a couple of years on a pretty regular basis. Often I'll think I've found a tree that won't be in it, but there it is. It's been so worthwhile that I got a second copy to keep in the truck.

A different take on the dichotomous key - it uses leaf diagrams instead of numbers. This book is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket yet covers a surprising number of North American trees complete with distinctive, clear leaf diagrams and native range maps for each. Also includes a very small diagram of the general tree shape and, rather cleverly, its size and, in some cases, where it's apt to be found (city, mixed forest, bogs, etc.) or whether it's non-native. A great little guide for anyone, but especially for beginners.

I love this little manual. It takes you through a series of guided questions to help you accurately identify many types of trees.

Great to identify trees.