A Field Guide to Eastern Forests: North America

Peterson Field Guides #37

by John C. Kricher, Gordon Morrison (Illustrator)

This field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forests of eastern North America. With 53 full-color plates and 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, beetles, and other insects.

Genres: Nature, Reference, Nonfiction, Science, Field Guides, Natural History, Plants

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

John C. Kricher, Professor of Biology, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Amy]

This book is the absolute f%$#ing s&@#.

[Tim Milligan]

This is not so much your standard field guide, but instead an overview of North American Eastern Forest ecology. I learned so many interesting things about how species interact. A bit dry at times, textbooklike, but that's okay.

[Kristina Watts]

This book reads more like a text book than a field guide, which was great because it was the text book for my Eastern Forest Ecology class. It was actually very interesting reading, a wide variety of information, easier to read than most text books. Useful for all naturalists in this region. Highly recommend.

[Ramona]

A great field guide for anyone who wants to get familiar with North America's Eastern forests - the diversity of flora and fauna is amazing. As always, one person will never find all the species mentioned, but half the fun is in the looking.

[ꜱᴀʀᴀʜ]

informative and innovative approach to the traditional field guide, with an emphasis on relationships between multiple species as they are often found existing both regionally and seasonally rather than listing out individual species separately

[Henry Staples]

It causes me to dawdle when I walk, so many more things I see.

[John]

This is not a typical field guide. Instead of showing species and noting how to identify them, it discusses entire ecosystems. There are several distinct forest types in eastern North America. This guide describes each of them, where they occur, and some of the species that are typical of each of them. Recommended for anyone who wants a better understanding habitats and ecology.

[Big Willi]

I bought this book several years ago while studying Ecology in college. At first I used it as a true field guide when hiking in the Virginia forests. Now I keep it handy as a reference book. I often flip through the pages and re-read various sections and I'm always amazed at how I continue to discover something new.

[Aaron]

More than just a field guide: can be read like a textbook. Useful in everyday application and as a base for amateur naturalists. I recommend this book for anyone that adores the forest and wants to know more.

[Joseph]

Not exactly riveting reading unless you are interested in the subject matter. Another field guide that has tons of good info that and is worth reading cover to cover to get a good overview.

[Alexis]

I love my professor and I'm so happy I read his book in his class!