Like any good naturalist, whenever I go traveling, or even when I’m just strolling around my own hometown, I often find myself examining the flora and fauna surrounding me. However when visiting large cities, this can sometimes be tricky, particularly in the flora category as so many different species – both native and non-native – can be present. For this reason, I’m always pleased to discover well-written guidebooks that might help me to puzzle out what I’m seeing.
One such guidebook that recently came to my attention is Leslie Day’s and Trudy Smoke’s Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City. Covering fifty species of trees likely to be seen in the various neighborhoods of New York City, it looks to be just the thing for both nature-minded residents of as well as visitors to the city alike.
