Trees category: 526 books
by Lauren Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Learning how to prune a cherry tree properly is vital to the health and life of the delicate fruit tree. Cherry trees are prone to diseases and fungal infections which can spread easily if not pruned, or if pruned incorrectly. Cherry trees are central leader trees because all of their branches grow...
by Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez, Nefertaris Daguerre
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
This is the first field guide dedicated to the diverse tree species of Panama and Costa Rica. Featuring close to 500 tropical tree species, Trees of Panama and Costa Rica includes superb color photos, abundant color distribution maps, and concise descriptions of key characteristics, making this guide...
The story of paper
Made in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The story of paper is a simple introduction to paper, explaining where it comes from and how it is made. Short, simple chapters describe trees and different types of wood and take the reader through the process of making paper, from planting trees to the finished product. The book includes sections...
by Charlotte Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
This natural world I fell into off three-inch high heels is a school of infinite learning. Sharing my knowledge and experience of forestry and arboriculture is very fulfilling. Having finally grown up in the Missouri forest, the desire to complete my adventure despite challenges with employers, doctors...
King Sequoia
The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The history of California’s Big Trees
From a towering tree, one of California’s preeminent naturalists unspools a history that echoes across generations and continents. Former park ranger William C. Tweed takes readers on a tour of the Big Trees in a narrative that travels deep into the...
by William M. Harlow
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
These handy, accurate, and easily used keys to fruit and twig identification are the only guides of their sort with photographs — over 350 of them, of nearly every twig and fruit described — making them especially valuable to the novice.The fruit key (dealing with both deciduous trees and evergreens)...
Wildwood
A Journey Through Trees
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Here, published for the first time in the United States, is the last book by Roger Deakin, famed British nature writer and icon of the environmentalist movement. In Deakin's glorious meditation on wood, the "fifth element" -- as it exists in nature, in our culture, and in our souls -- the reader accompanies...
by Paul Sterry
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
An essential guide to every species of tree found in the British Isles – outside of arboretums This easy-to-use guide covers the 360 species of tree that are found in Britain & Ireland. Each species is covered in detail with information on how to identify, whether from a leaf, twig, bark or...
Westonbirt Arboretum’s Tree Spotter’s Guide
The Definitive Guide to Britain’s 100 Best Trees
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
In the depths of the Cotswolds, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, lies one of the most beautiful tree gardens in the world, known as Westonbirt Arboretum. Here you can find around 15,000 trees, each one lovingly labelled. They offer the perfect, picturesque setting for escaping from the pressures of...
Illustrated Book of Trees
The Comprehensive Field Guide to More than 250 Trees of Eastern North America
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
Completely revised and updated. More than 30 new species described and illustrated.
Trees of North America
A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
This eBook is best viewed on a color device.
Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn. North America's trees rank among nature's...
by Natalie Cleavitt
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Old-time New England foresters coined the term “wolf tree” for trees they saw as having the ability to “eat” the sun and nutrients and prevent the growth of other trees. Today, however, we understand how wolf trees benefit wildlife. Join Aurora and Orion as they search for a wolf tree near Petersham, Massachusetts.
Woodland and Forest
Explore Nature with Fun Facts and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Packed with facts and activities, this is the perfect first book for young explorers who are curious about nature and want to learn more about the world of trees, leaves, and woodland animals.
What is a tree? What kind of animals live in trees? ***Woodland and Forest***has these answers and...
by William Bryant Logan
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
The ultimate distance race is within your reach—a completely updated edition of the now-classic work.
Professional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial—a...