Rare Trees: The Fascinating Stories of the World's Most Threatened Species

by Sara Oldfield and Malin Rivers

Book Overview

Discover the secrets and beauty of the world's rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs.

Did you know that the resin of the dragon tree was so prized that it was used and traded as medicine by the Roman Empire? Or that the Bornean ironwood is one of the only timbers dense enough to sink in water? Trees have adapted to thrive on steep mountains, high in cloud forests, on dry savannahs, in parched...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604699523
• ISBN13: 9781604699524
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 9.2" x 9.9"