The Trees of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide

This second edition of Gil Nelson's popular Trees of Florida has been completely revised, updated, and enlarged to include all of Florida's native and naturalized trees. Treated are approximately 530 species---up from 346 in the first edition---including nearly 330 natives, more than 200 non-natives, and 12 species that occur nowhere else in the world

Gil Nelson has spent many years exploring, teaching, and writing about Florida's natural communities. He is the author of twelve books and regularly writes for a number of magazines on natural history, ecology, outdoor recreation, and native plant gardening. He is a research associate in botany and courtesy professor at the Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium at Florida State University, where he coordinates the Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project, a National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative. He is also a Beadel Fellow at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, where he advises in herbarium management and oversees databasing and imaging the botanical collection, also with the support of NSF funding. He lives in the community of Beachton, Georgia, with his wife, Brenda.