Maine Trees & Wildflowers: An introduction to over 140 familiar species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press) | 
 enlarge | Author: James Kavanagh
Publisher: Waterford Press
Category: Book
List Price: $5.95
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Sales Rank: 821448
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 12
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 4.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 1583554114
Dewey Decimal Number: 508
EAN: 9781583554111
ASIN: 1583554114
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Short & Sweet, Laminated Card -- Not a Paperback August 8, 2008
This is a pretty handy little pocket guide with little illustrations and descriptions of trees and wildflowers of Maine. But it is not a paperback. It is instead a laminated and folded two-sided card with six panels on each side. One side has six panels of flowers and trees, and the other side has four more panels of flowers and trees, a fifth panel panel showing a map of botanical sanctuaries of Maine, and the sixth panel is green and white title graphic shown in the Amazon.com depiction of the item. There's about a dozen tree and flower depictions on each panel. Each tree or flower on a panel is depicted solely by a small color illustration of nettles/leaves/cones or leaves/flowers, and the entire tree or plant is not depicted. There's a ten to twenty five word description of each species illustrated, including the common name, latin name, and genral size range. But it is a very short description. For example, with an illustration of two leaves on the same stem, and an acorn, you have this:
"White Oak -- Quercus alba To 100 ft (30m) Leaves have 5-9 rounded lobes Acorn has a shallow, scaly cup"
That's it. Not a bad quickie guide if you're on a hike in Maine, actually. But be aware, it isn't a paperback with a page of description per plant species, or anything like that.
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