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	Use the following headings to search the library catalog by Subject or Search ALL. Hint: Adding "juvenile literature" to a search will limit your search to children's information books.
Plants - Identification Shrubs - Alberta Shrubs - Canada Trees - Alberta Trees - Canada Trees - Identification

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Browse these general areas in the information books (arranged by Dewey Decimal numbers). Hint:  Call numbers with a J in front refer to Juvenile (Children's) information books.

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Grolier Online Online versions of these excellent print encyclopedias. Search for encyclopedia & magazine articles, websites, pictures, maps, and videos.

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The Tree Book
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/
This online book will help you identify trees found in western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia). Lots of pictures and maps of the regions where each tree can be found.

Tree Fact Sheets
www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
Use the database on this website to find information and lots of great pictures. Try searching for trees by province using the Clickable Species Map.

Trees of the Pacific Northwest
http://oregonstate.edu/trees
This site has an interactive question and answer key that will help you identify conifers (trees or shrubs with cones and needle leaves). If you have a specific conifer that you need information for, just check out the "Conifers" link.

Natural Regions of Alberta
http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/map.htm
The Heritage Community Foundation presents information about Alberta's natural regions, which includes information about the trees in each region.

Forests of Alberta
http://srd.alberta.ca/BioDiversityStewardship/Forests/Default.aspx
From Alberta Sustainable Resources, this site includes information about the different forest regions of Alberta including a description of Alberta's provincial tree, the Lodgepole Pine. 

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Children's Information:

	J 582.16 PET	A Field Guide to Western Trees by George A. Petrides. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
	J 582.16 TRE	Trees by Deborah Lambert. Weigl Educational, 2010.
	J 582.1609 PET	A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George A. Petrides Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
	J 582.160971 LAU	Identification Guide to the Trees of Canada by Jean Lauriault Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1989.
	J 582.160971 MAS	Canadian Trees by Colleayn Mastin Grasshopper, 1994.
	J 635.935 BIT	Timber Press Pocket Guide to Conifers by Richard L. Bitner.  Timber Press, 2010.

Adult Non-Fiction:

	574.97123 KAV	Nature Alberta by James Kavanaugh. Lone Pine Publishing, 1991.
	581.9712 JOH	Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland by Derek Johnson. Lone Pine Publishing, 1995.
	581.978 KER	Plants of the Rocky Mountains by Linda Kershaw. Lone Pine Publishing, 1998.
	582.16097 BEN	Encyclopedia of Trees: Canada and the United States by Sam Benvie. Key Porter Books, 1999.
	582.16097123 WIL	Trees and Shrubs of Alberta: A Habitat Field Guide by Kathleen Wilkinson. Lone Pine Publishing, 1990.

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Revised October 2010