<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This is an introduction to the native and naturalized trees of the Bay Area, which for this book extends roughly from Mendocino to Monterey and inland to Mt. Diablo.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees: majestic oaks and coast redwoods, lovely flowering dogwood and western redbud, graceful bigleaf maple, and many others. This guidebook, with its easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and copious illustrations, is the perfect guide to California's native and naturalized trees for those who want a handy, authoritative manual to carry into the field. <br /><br />o Species descriptions give fascinating and little-known facts about each tree and suggest locales to visit for viewing them<br /><br /> o 250 color photographs illustrate traits essential for identification and show surrounding habitats for many species<br /><br />o Provides detailed tips on learning to use keys and other identification aids<br /><br />o Covers all nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Region and includes trees found in adjacent Monterey and Mendocino counties<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Glenn Keator</b> teaches at Merritt College and is coauthor of the CD Rom <i>Wildflowers of the San Francisco Bay Area </i>(1999, with Diane Fristrom and John Game), author of <i>The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait </i>(1998), and coauthor of <i>In Full View: Three Ways of Seeing California Plants </i>(1995, with Linda Yamane and Ann Lewis).