Seeing Trees

Seeing Trees

Author: Nancy Ross Hugo

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2011-08-09

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1604693665

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Have you ever looked at a tree? That may sound like a silly question, but there is so much more to notice about a tree than first meets the eye. "Seeing Trees" celebrates seldom-seen but easily observable tree traits and invites you to watch trees with


Trees Up Close

Trees Up Close

Author: Nancy Ross Hugo

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2014-07-23

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 160469582X

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Trees Up Close offers an intimate, revealing look at the beauty of leaves, flowers, cones, fruits, seeds, buds, bark, and twigs of the most common trees. With more than 200 dazzling photos, you will be amazed by the otherwordly beauty of the acorns from a sawtooth oak, enchanted by the immature fruits of a red maple, and dazzled by the delicate emerging flowers of the American elm.


Outside and Inside Trees

Outside and Inside Trees

Author: Sandra Markle

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves.


Bark

Bark

Author: Cedric Pollet

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2010-07-29

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780711231375

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The author/photographer presents the most spectacular, striking, and remarkable examples of bark that he has found across five continents. Each image is a work of art in itself and is accompanied by a photograph of each tree in its natural environment, along with information about its species, origins, uses, habitat, and location. Cédric Pollet, whose background is landscape design, has combined his scientific and botanical background with his passion for plants to create a highly informative text, which compliments the beauty of his photographs. Bark is ideal for any nature lover.


City of Trees

City of Trees

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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Describes more than 300 species of trees of Washington, D.C.


Bombardier Beetles And Fever Trees

Bombardier Beetles And Fever Trees

Author: William Agosta

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Incorporated, Health Sciences Division

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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In their sometimes fierce, often mysterious day-to-day lives, many plants and animals rely on the transmission and reception of chemicals for the basic functions of attack, defense, eating, and avoidance of being eaten. This exciting and eminently readable book tells the story of the surprising interplay between the hunters and the hunted, and even the hunters of the hunters, in the gardens, fields, and forests of the world.


Trees of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes

Trees of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes

Author: Norman Foster Smith

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Michigan

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Of Michigan's great wealth of natural resources, few have been more important in the past or are more highly valued today than our forests and the trees which compose them. Not only are they a continuous source of raw materials for industry and agriculture but they affect the climate, water resources, and soil, purify our air, furnish food and shelter for wildlife and are indispensable to our vast recreational and scenic areas. They form a basic part of our diverse natural environment - our ""biodiversity."" Their protection and management are vital to the state's wellbeing. Industries which depend upon trees for their existence are major employers and rank high in the state's economy. The annual production and manufacture of forest products is measured in billions of dollars. The recreation ""industry,"" including vacation travel, resorts, food, lodging, hunting, fishing, and camping, is likewise a multi-billion dollar a year business. Equally important is the intangible wealth which trees bring to us through sheer enjoyment of beauty and love of nature. Whether in field, fencerow, woodlot or forest, or along highways, rural roads, urban streets, or greenbelts, this bounty is ours for the taking. We have only to picture ourselves without trees to appreciate this value.


Canada Close Up: Canada's Trees

Canada Close Up: Canada's Trees

Author: Elizabeth MacLeod

Publisher: Scholastic Canada

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1443107395

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Find out all there is to know about Canada's trees! A fantastic book for 7-to 9-year-olds that explores the characteristics of Canada's many trees. Among the topics explored are: where they grow, what they look like, how they affect the environment, how they are affected by their surroundings, and so much more. With full-colour photographs throughout, a glossary, a table of contents, and a simple index, learning has never been so easy!


The Power of Trees

The Power of Trees

Author:

Publisher: Trinity University Press

Published: 2012-12-15

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1595341722

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Intimate in size yet quietly breathtaking in scope, this graceful gift book will forever change how you think, and how you feel, about trees. In poetically sparse scientific observations, renowned conservation biologist Gretchen Daily narrates the evolution, impact, and natural wonder of trees. Alongside photographs by Chuck Katz, the text and images form a quiet and moving meditation on The Power of Trees. Twenty-six duotone black and white photographs illustrate the development of trees: how trunks were formed, what tree rings tell us about human societies, and how trees define the future of humanity. Pictures of trees threading through the landscape - dotting mountainsides, braiding along the sides of glassine rivers - bear witness to the lyrical force and clarity of Daily's observations. Recreating the authors’ hike together through the landscape of the Skagit River in Washington State, the balletic movement between Daily’s commentary and Katz’s vision reaches out to readers, inviting them to enjoy the landscape through a scientific understanding of trees. At once emotional and intellectual, The Power of Trees is the first collection of nature photographs that invites the reader to not only delight in the gorgeous play between light and shadow, but also the fascinating natural mechanisms that create such striking natural beauty. An ecologist by training, Gretchen Daily is an internationally acclaimed conservancy advocate and scholar. Her role as a National Trustee for The Nature Conservancy will feature prominently in the national marketing campaign to bridge the gap between scientific educators and the general nature reader.