Reviews for The Bamboo, Grass and Palm Specialist: The Essential Guide to Selecting, Growing and Raising Bamboos, Grasses and Palms

The average rating for The Bamboo, Grass and Palm Specialist: The Essential Guide to Selecting, Growing and Raising Bamboos, Grasses and Palms based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-14 00:00:00 Lloyd Haynes I'm a total novice at identifying flora and this tiny book was helpful during hikes outdoors. I think it's the first book I actually started reading in the forest. After some time spent orientating myself between looking at similar pictures of different trees and comparing them with the actual tree standing in front of me, I was able to identify most of them. So I think the book succeeded. Next time I'll try iNaturalist, although it does annoy me to use the phone outdoors ' I also think there was a learning process that happened while flipping through the pages of this book, so we'll see. In any case the structure of this book is simple. Each tree gets a page of text with general characteristics (size, habitat, where/how it grows, shape/size of cones, silhouette, and other identification info) and a full page picture of the foliage. It's small enough it can fit in a large pocket: actually an iPhone XS Max might be taller than the book length.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-05-30 00:00:00 Arlene Williams Great pocket or pack sized field guide for trees of the western United States. Includes color photos of leaf type & bark, an illustration of the silhouette, tree shape & a one page summary of facts about the tree, uses, etc; Identification; Habitat & Range.