With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative, and productive. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of trees that don’t grow in Ohio. Learn about 115 species―every native tree plus common non-natives―found in the state. Species are organized by leaf type and attachment. Just look at a tree’s leaves, then go to the correct section to learn what it is. Fact-filled information contains the particulars that you want to know, while full-page photographs provide the visual detail needed for accurate identification.

Book Features
115 species―every native tree plus common non-natives
Fact-filled information and stunning professional photographs
Easy-to-use thumb tabs showing leaf type and attachment
Compare feature showing average tree height
Stan’s Notes, including naturalist tidbits and facts
This new edition includes updated photographs, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. Grab Trees of Ohio Field Guide for your next outing―to help you positively identify the trees that you see.

About the Author
Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 175 field guides, nature books, children’s books, wildlife audio CDs, and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 25 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations.
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Wild Apple
Malus spp.

Family: Rose (Rosaceae)

Height: 10-15' (3-4.5 m)

Tree: single crooked trunk, many spreading branches, creating a broad round crown

Leaf: simple, oval, 2-4" (5-10 cm) length, blunt-tipped, fine-toothed margin, dark green in color, densely hairy below

Bark: brown, scaly with peeling edges

Flower: 5-petaled showy white (sometimes streaked with pink) flower, 1-2" (2.5-5 cm) wide

Fruit: apple, edible with typical shape and size, 2-4" (5-10 cm) diameter

Fall Color: brown

Origin/Age: non-native, 25-50 years

Habitat: dry soils, along fencerows and roadsides, sun

Range: throughout

Stan’s Notes: A direct descendent from the ancestors of cultivated apples now sold in grocery stores. Introduced in colonial times to the U.S. along with the Crab Apple (p. 71). Found throughout the country now. The apples are edible and some are very delicious. The fruit has been used in jellies and desserts such as pies. These trees, usually associated with former homesteads, are found along roads or fencerows where seedlings were planted or where apples were discarded and seeds have taken root. Wide varieties of Wild Apple species are now naturalized in Ohio.

Product details
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Adventure Publications; 2nd edition (April 27, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1647550947
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1647550943
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.4 x 0.6 x 6 inches