identification

Text and pictures explain how to identify North American wildflowers.

Provides identification information and color photographs for 585 fishes.

Over 400 photographs and text explore the special part that trees have played in the lives of early American Indians, how forests played pivotal roles in the development of the United States and Canada, and the importance of trees today and for the next generation--in terms of both individual trees in the yard and garden and vast expanses of scientifically managed forests.

Provides information about mollusks and their shells and how to identify them, along with detailed descriptions and photographs of fifty common North American shells.

Presents full-color photographs with descriptive captions to introduces readers to five hundred insects, and features species that are native to North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand.

A field guide to the tropical fishes of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda, featuring 417 color photographs of fish in their natural habitats, and including descriptions and range maps for over four hundred species, and brief coverage of an additional 800 species.

Illustrated guide to identification of 80 common and familiar seashells belonging to three major groups.

An introduction to the world of invertebrates and a key to their identification.

A guide to bird identification, providing a basic overview of bird biology, and featuring individual chapters on each of the eighty families of birds that occur in North America, with information on taxonomy, foraging and breeding biology, and conservation status. Includes a glossary, checklist, and over 795 color illustrations.

The author searched for her birthmother sharing her experiences in this step-by-step journey which can be used by other adoptees searching for their birthparents.