Knopf
September 2009
On Sale: September 15, 2009
436 pages
ISBN: 037541519X
EAN: 9780375415197
Paperback
$39.95
Non-Fiction Gardening
The man who revolutionized the field guide to birds now
brings his formidable skills of identification and
illustration to the more than six hundred tree species of
North America. Similar in size and format to The Sibley
Guide to Birds, the layout for this guide is another
triumph of logic and concision. Species are arranged
taxonomically, not by features such as leaf shape (as in
most other guides), which will enable the user to browse
the images to find a match for an observed tree in the same
way a birder uses the bird guide. And all pages will follow
the same format, allowing the user to pinpoint particular
information with ease. David Sibley’s meticulous,
exquisitely detailed paintings illustrate the cycles of
annual and lifetime development, and reveal even the very
subtle similarities and distinctions between like elements
of different species: bark, leaves, needles, cones,
flowers, fruit, twigs, and silhouettes. More than four
hundred maps show the complete range, both natural and
cultivated, for nearly all the species. Issues of
conservation, preservation, and environmental health are
addressed in authoritative essays. As innovative,
comprehensive, and indispensable as The Sibley Guide to
Birds, this new book will set the standard of excellence in
field guides to trees.
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