identification

Presents over 800 color photos and 200 line drawings of trees native to eastern North America, along with guidelines on identifying them by branch patterns, flowers, fruits, nuts, leaf shape and color, and overall appearance.

Presents information on the trees and shrubs native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, including photographs and descriptions of nearly six hundred woody plant species, describing their size, common names, flowering season, and habitat.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide descriptions of a variety of North American insects, with discussion of each bug's natural life history, and information about the distinctive residue it leaves behind when hit by an automobile.

Presents a comprehensive guide for teachers and parents to help develop math skills for advanced learners, and provides teaching strategies for encouraging and challenging gifted students.

A guide to identifying more than 150 bird species, covering where they live, what they eat, what sounds they make, their scientific names, and sizes.

An introduction to birds that explores the different types of birds that live in a variety of environments.

This wonderfully illustrated book is essentially a photographic guide to the butterflies of the world. It covers 1,000 species from every corner of the globe, encompassing all key families and species, including the likes of monarchs, birdwings, swordtails, morphos, glasswings, and so on. Species are arranged by family with six to eight to a spread, and each stunning image, taken of wild butterflies in their natural surroundings, is accompanied by useful text on ID, interesting features and geographical distribution.

A guide to more than six hundred of the world's major garden and forest trees includes coverage of the structure and life cycle of trees, how they are used in landscape design, and tree planting and care.

"Shows how to read the landscape for clues and identify different rock types--from dazzling diamonds to grainy sandstone. ... data boxes provide short facts to help with quick identification"--Amazon.com.

Profiles more than 420 bird species in Great Britain and Europe, arranged taxonomically, covering their physical traits, habitats, diets, eggs, and breeding and nesting behaviors; and includes distribution maps, five hundred color photos, and over one thousand illustrations.