What's that Tree?: The Simplest ID Guide Ever Paperback – 1 Mar. 2013

A well indexed book with sections by general appearance of a leave. Veery good illustrations which assist in the identification of a leave and the tree.

Good range of trees with info on leaves, bark, seeds and tree shape to aid identification.

For a beginner to tree-spotting like me, I needed something which clearly helps me to identify a tree without getting lost in detail. This is great. And good clear illustrations and descriptions of the main identifying points to look for.

Great reference

Great reference book

I've got other guides to tree identification but I think that this RSPB book is much better. It concentrates on leaves, twigs and branches which is far more realistic if you are walking in dense woodland or any time other than Summer. I think that this one will actually get to stay in my day pack.

It's a useful little book but not comprehensive enough if you really want to get to identify trees. Not enough information generally. But it IS great on leaves, with excellent pictures, which a lot of more detailed tree books don't have. So it's very useful as a "support book" I'd say.

The first part is excellent explanation of tree make up. Then moves quickly to more complicated but understandable information