Tree ID Guide Book Available For National Arbor Day Foundation

What Tree Is That?, a pocket guide for identifying trees, is available from the National Arbor Day Foundation.

The 72-page guide helps readers identify 135 different trees found in the eastern and central United States.

Among the well-known trees included are oaks, maples, spruces, and pines. Also included are species such as horsechestnut and mockernut hickory, sassafras and shadbush, persimmon and pawpaw and pagodatree and pecan.

Dozens of drawings illustrate the trees’ leaves or needles and their acorns, berries, seed pods, cones, and other identifying features. What Tree Is That?  is organized to make it easy to identify trees in a simple step-by-step fashion.

“Helping people enjoy and appreciate trees is central to the educational mission of the Arbor Day Foundation,” said John Rosenow, the foundation’s president. “Being able to identify trees is important to knowing how to care for them and how to plant the right tree in the right place.”

To obtain a copy of the tree ID guide, send your name and address and $3 to What Tree Is That?, The National Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska City NE 68410, or go online to ArborDay.org.