Michigan Trees, Revised and Updated: A Guide to the Trees of the Great Lakes Region Paperback – January 28, 2004

This book is an excellent addition to a tree-o-phile's library. I would not recommend it as the only book, however, as it does not contain photographs. In many cases I had decided a tree was not the same as the one in the book, only to look up a photo in another book and realize it was the same after all.I recommend this book in conjunction with a book called "Michigan Trees Worth Knowing." The latter has fairly good photographs, but doesn't include all trees, and doesn't even give you a hint that other trees exist. An example is Green Ash, which is prevalent in Michigan, but is not even mentioned in MTWK. This book (Michigan Trees, Revised and updated) gives a good description of Green Ash."Michigan Trees, Revised and Updated" is worth every penny; it's a high-quality book. If you buy it you will not be disappointed.

Standard guide for MI in academic forestry. Thoroughly detailed spp descriptions. Not very handy in the field but good as a reference.

This book is excellent. I've gone through several tree ID books, all with something missing. This has just about everything about each tree that I need to know. It has valuable habitat characteristics, and what I found most valuable - line drawings of buds. Each tree also has tips on how to differentiate from similar species, which are actually quite helpful. Also, at the end, there are several tables of understory tolerances of various trees as well as moisture tolerances. Though its written for Michigan, it would be very useful anywhere in the Midwest. One thing I wish it had was line drawings for the bark (though it does have a description). It's not a huge deal, and I have other books for that, but it would have been helpful..

This book is great. Fanatastic for Michigan and probably quite a bit of the great lakes region and Midwest as well. I have used it a lot for a field biology class and will continue to use it as a great resource

This is a phenomenal guide. I live in north west Indiana and I can identify many trees with this book. The best part is you can simply flip pages until you see something familiar. Which usually gets me close if not on point to what I’m looking for.

I love how many details are available for each species in this book, I’ll never let mine go!

Michigan Trees Book. I thought I had read the description well but apparently I did not or I would not have ordered this book. There are no actual pictures of trees and bark which is so very helpful in tree identification. It has good info but there are only black and white drawings of leaves, bark, etc. I have a book on wildflowers which has actual photos which makes ID so much easier. Back to the drawing board for me to find the best book to use when hiking.

Since there are less tree species than herbaceous plants, this book had enough room to provide pictures of buds, leafs, and other neat components of trees!!

Don't let the negative reviews even make you hesitate. People complaining about no color pictures don't know how to properly ID plants. While things like color, and bark can be great ways to tell a tree. They're not the best way to positively ID trees.This book has a fantastic key that will help you properly ID trees. As well as describing key characteristics that you should watch out for! Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in dendrology.

This book is great. Contains a lot of additional information in the beginning of the book not just information about iding trees. Perfect size book to take out in the field with you.

good key! and very handy

Pretty cool, I guess