Acton, J.

Oaklore: Adventures in a World of Extraordinary Trees

Greystone Books 2024 264, col illus. . HB. NEW. . What connects Robin Hood, the history of ink, fungi, Shakespeare and sorcery?In this book, Jules Acton, an ambassador for The Woodland Trust, explores the incredibly diverse history of the 'king of the woods': from a source of food and shelter to its use in literature as a plot device and muse, its role as an essential ingredient in ink, and in mythology from across the British Isles as a sacred plant and precious resource.Acton's infectious enthusiasm shines through in chapters that open with excerpts from oak-y poems, as well as tips for connecting with nature - like how to recognize bird songs and help moths and butterflies thrive.Meeting fellow oak-lovers along the way, and trees like Sherwood Forest's Medusa Oak or the gargantuan Marton Oak in Cheshire, Acton plots an unforgettable journey through the tangled roots of the oak's story, and that of Britain itself.'As rich, satisfying and revelatory as a long walk in the woods.' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees. [9781771649667]

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Book number: N60116

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Ecosystems; Habitats: Woodland; Oaks; Trees

Adams, M.

Trees of Life

Head of Zeus 2019 256, 100 col illus. 296x228mm. HB. NEW. . A captivatingly informative and visually beautiful survey of the tree species - from all over the world - that human cultures have found most useful. Each tree species is the subject of a concise text centred on a story - or stories - about the tree in question, and is depicted by means of a photograph, painting or other aesthetic artefact. The species will be organized thematically according to the virtues they impart, be that in the form of timber, nuts, fruit or medicine. The bloodwood tree, a native of central America, is a tree that made a nation. Its wood produces a brilliant and lucrative bright red dye and was imported to Europe for use in dyeing fabrics. The 17th and 18th-century logging camps established by the British later became the modern nation of Belize, and the bloodwood tree appears on its national flag. From the bloodwood to the breadfruit and from the cinchona to the peach, these are trees that offer not merely shelter, timber and fuel but also medicines, dyes, foods and fibres. They are very special trees, and Max Adams, author of The Wisdom of Trees, has a plethora of such fascinating stories to tell about them.. [9781789541427]

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Book number: N39766

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Akkemik, U.; Yaman, B.

Wood Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Species

Verlag Kessel 2012 310, 180 col + b/w photos, distribution maps. . PB. NEW. . The eastern Mediterranean Basin has a rich woody flora including Mediterranean-type vegetation and locally mesomorphic woody taxa. The wood anatomy of these taxa is crucially important to understand their nature and formation. Wood anatomy is also important in the Old World because of having wooden parts in archaeological sites.A few wood anatomy books including the species of the eastern Mediterranean basin have been published. Wood Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Species aims to make a contribution to the wood anatomy world by presenting the wood anatomical characteristics of some species of the eastern Mediterranean basin, mainly of Turkey. Anatomical features are given together with some main results of the relating studies here. 106 species from 67 genera from mainly the Mediterranean region of Turkey are included in this book.Also includes IAWA (International Associate of Wood Anatomists) Index for each species, and an identification key for the 67 genera to help in the identification of the woods from this region.. [9783941300590]

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Book number: N52361

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Eastern Mediterranean; Wood Anatomy

Allan, H.H.; Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E.; Healy, A.J.

Flora of New Zealand, Vol.I-III

A.R. Shearer / P.D. Hasselberg 1970-1982 liv, 1085; xl, 354; xlii, 220, text figs, maps. . HB. 3 vols. Vg in d/w's. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpapers.. Vol I reprint; Vol. II and III orig. editions. Vol. I: Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones;Vol. II: Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledones except Gramineae; Vol. III: Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons..

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Book number: S41775

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Flora; New Zealand; Australasia

Barnes, G.; Williamson, T.

English Orchards: A Landscape History

Oxbow Books 2022 224, b/w + col illus. 246x185mm. PB. NEW. . Old orchards have an irresistible appeal. Their ancient trees and obscure fruit varieties seem to provide a direct link with the lost rural world of our ancestors, a time when the pace of life was slower and people had a strong and intimate connection with their local environment. They are also of critical importance for sustaining biodiversity, providing habitats, in particular, for a range of rare invertebrates. Not surprisingly, orchards and the fruit they contain have attracted an increasing amount of attention over the last few decades, from both enthusiastic bands of amateurs and official conservation bodies. But much of what has been written about them is historically vague, romanticised and nostalgic. Orchards have become a symbol of unspoilt, picturesque rural England.This book attempts, for the first time, to provide a comprehensive review of the development of orchards in England from the Middle Ages to the present day. It describes the various different kinds of orchard and explains how, and when, they appeared in the landscape – and why they have disappeared, at a catastrophic rate, over the last six decades. Chapters discuss the contrasting histories of fruit growing in different regions of England, the complex story of 'traditional' fruit varieties and the role of orchards in wildlife conservation. In addition, a chapter on researching orchards provides a practical guide for those wishing to investigate the history and archaeology of particular examples.. [9781914427190]

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Book number: N49762

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: England; Britain; Fruit Trees; Orchards

Bean, W.J.

Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Vol. 1-3

John Murray 1950-51 3 vols: xviii, 703; x, 636; viii, 664, 133 plates, text figs. . HB. Good ex-lib, no stamps. Small inoffensive light stain to front board of Vol. III.. 7th edition..

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Book number: S47811

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Berry, C.

Trees and Shrubs of the Etosha National Park

[Directorate of Nature Conservation] n.d. [1982] 161, col + b/w illus, line drawings. A5. PB. Vg. Owner's name to title page.. 1st edition. Illustrations by Blythe Loutit, List of species by M.A.N. Müller. A guide to the trees and shrubs which occur in the tourist area of the Etosha National Park, Namibia..

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Book number: S35656

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Identification guide; Namibia; Southern Africa; Africa; Trees

Broad, K.

Caring for Small Woods: A practical guide for woodland owners, woodland managers, woodland craftsmen, foresters, land agents, project officers, conservationists, teachers and students

Earthscan 2001 xx, 233, . . PB. Rear cover and endpaper slightly creased. Good.. Reprint (first published 1998).. [9781853834547]

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Book number: S49960

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Forest management

Busby, John

Nothofagus cunninghamii (Southern Beech) Vegetation in Australia

Australian Government Publishing Services 1984 69, 12 tables, 11 figs. . PB. Vg.. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No.1. [9780644033749]

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Book number: S36567

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Australia

Cannell, M.G.R.; Jackson, J.E. (Eds)

Attributes of Trees as Crop Plants

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology 1985 xvi, 592, text figs. . HB. Fine copy.. . [9780904282832]

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Book number: S31600

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Canton, J.

The Oak Papers

Canongate Books Ltd 2020 256, . 220x144mm. HB. NEW. . A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week described by Peter Wohlleben as 'a profound meditation on the human need for connection with nature'.The author spent two years sitting with and studying the Honywood Oak. A colossus of a tree, it would have been a sapling when Magna Carta was signed. Inevitably he needs to slow down in order to appreciate it fully, to tune in to its slower time frame, to connect with the ecosystem that lives around it, inside it and beneath it. He examines our long-standing dependency on oak trees, and how that has developed and morphed into myth and legend. We no longer build our houses and boats from them or grind their acorns into flour in times of famine; physically we don't need them in the same way now. Or do we? The Oak Papers is a stunning, meditative and healing book about the lessons we can learn from the natural world, if only we slow down enough to listen.. [9781838851507]

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Book number: N42347

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Autobiography; Nature writing; Oaks; Trees

Chin, H.F.; Enoch, I.C.

Malaysian Trees in Colour

Tropical Press 1988 180, col photos. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First Edition.. [9789677300095]

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Book number: S50366

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Malaysia; Southeast Asia; Asia

Coates Palgrave, K.

Trees of Southern Africa

Struik 1988 959, 314 col photos + drawings, numerous text figs and distribution maps. . HB. Spine faded. Vg.. 2nd revised edition, fifth impression.. [9780869770818]

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Book number: S47210

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Botany; South Africa; Southern Africa; Africa; Trees

Colbert, C.M.; McConchie, D.L.

Some Physical Properties of New Zealand-grown Redwood

Forest Research Institute 1983 11, 5 figs. . PB. Stain to rear cover. Forest Research Institute Bulletin No. 26.

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Book number: S22460

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: C5178; Forestry; Redwood; Trees

Coppins, S.; Coppins, B.J.

Atlantic Hazel: Scotland's Special Woodlands

Atlantic Hazel Action Group 2012 108, col photos, b/w illus, col distribution maps, col tables. A4. PB. NEW. . The Atlantic hazelwoods are one of Scotland's most ancient woodlands. They are older by far than the Atlantic oakwoods of Scotland, and older than some of the Caledonian pinewoods. Together with birch, hazel was one of the earliest woody species to establish along the western edge of Scotland, as far back as 10,000 years Before Present. Pollen evidence points to vast areas of western Scotland being dominated by hazel for hundreds of years. In that time, other plants and animals established amongst the hazel, forming what is today a unique habitat of great antiquity. Hazel can occur as wind-clipped coastal woodland, as small to large stands amongst (or adjacent to) other woodland, or as an 'understorey' with emergent trees such as ash and oak.This book aims to change the way people think about hazel and in particular the hazel woods along the Atlantic seaboard. Until recently, most ecologists perceived hazel as just a coppiced shrub, the commonest component of the underwood in our widespread and enduring coppice-with-standards silvicultural system, and dismissed the hazel-dominated woods of the north and west as scrub - if they recognised them at all. Here, however, we are presented in a lavishly illustrated form with a more discriminating view, which sees the Atlantic hazel woods as a distinctive and highly signi?cant type of woodland, the rain forest - no less - of the British Isles.. [9780957203402]

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Book number: N45035

Catalogue: Botany,Trees & Forestry

Keywords: Habitats; Woodland; Scotland; Britain