Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees

A comprehensive new reference work on the trees of the world, with fully illustrated A-Z directory. The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees covers the entire world of trees with outstanding text and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554070511
• ISBN13: 9781554070510
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.6" x 1.0" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding reference for the tree lover

This large-format reference is a sheer joy to browse and eye candy for tree lovers. Beautiful photos, illustrations, tables, charts, and thumbnail maps indicating native distribution are just some of the features. The beginning chapter "What Is A Tree" traces the morphological characters and structural diversity as well as a section of "deconstructing wood" which covers growth rings, bark characteristics, the root system, leaves, flowers and fruits, and the growth of trees. The second chapter, "Forests," discusses the forest ecosystem, and the various forests of the world. "Trees and Mankind" covers the forestry industry. The remainder of the book arranges trees by family (with the exception of the "Trees of the Tropics" genera, which are ordered alphabetically). Each category includes a thorough description, charts indicating common names, the different species, a thumbnail world map with colored areas indicating natural distribution and beatifully rendered illustrations showing tree structure, leaves, fruits, etc. All entries include outstanding color photographs, many of them full page. A glossary of tree-related terms and an index is included.