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9781932974041
If you want to.Surprise your friends, Charm a date, Teach your children something new, Become an amateur botanist, Take your first steps to discovering the natural world around us.Stikky Trees uses a unique, pattern-based learning method to bring a wonderful skill to anyone with an hour to spare. We spent hundreds of hours with readers testing and refining it to be sure it will work for you.You'll learn the secret to identifying 15 common trees: ash, aspen, birch, cedar, douglas-fir, elm, fir, hemlock, hickory, maple, oak, pine, sourgum, spruce, and sweetgum. Together, these account for 80% of US trees and two of the top three trees in every state.Along the way, you'll reconnect with our ancestors who would not have gotten far without knowing the trees of the enormous forests around them.Includes a comprehensive Next Steps section with guides to the top 10 trees in your state, tree field manuals, how trees work (in six bullet points), their five biggest enemies, and more.Laurence Holt Books Staff is the author of 'Stikky Trees Learn to Recognize at a Glance the 15 Most Common Trees in the United States--in Just One Hour, Guaranteed', published 2005 under ISBN 9781932974041 and ISBN 1932974040.
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