National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England

National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England - National Audubon Society Field Guides

1st Edition

Hardback (26 May 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The most comprehensive field guide available to New England--a portable, essential companion for visitors and residents alike--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers.

This compact volume contains:

An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;

A complete overview of New England's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky;

An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.

The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.

For everyone who lives or spends time in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, or Vermont, there can be no finer guide to the area's natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England.

Book information

ISBN: 9780679446767
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Knopf
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 508.74
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 447
Weight: 454g
Height: 203mm
Width: 95mm
Spine width: 22mm