Field guide to the trees and shrubs of Britain
by Reader's Digest, Esmond Harris (Author), Jeanette Harris (Author)
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A guide to 200 wild, garden and parkland trees and shrubs of Britain, this illustrated handbook contains sections on forest and botanic gardens, forest parks, estates and arboreta.Tags
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- Field guide to the trees and shrubs of Britain
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- trees
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- Great Britain
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- [None]
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- For some 400 million years, ever since the first primitive land plants evolved woody stems and began to reach higher into the light than all other living things, trees have been the silent, stately guardians of everything bel... (show all)ow them.
Understanding trees and shrubs.
With experience it is often possible to identify a tree just by looking at its overall shape: the wide, rounded crown of a mature English oak and the spire-like profile of a Lombardy poplar are unmistakable even from a distan... (show all)ce.
How to identify trees. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Whorl Structures such as buds and leaves arising three or more at a time around a stem at the same point.
- Original language
- English
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- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, Reference, Home & Garden, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 582.160941 — Natural sciences & mathematics Plants (Botany) Plants noted for specific vegetative characteristics and flowers Herbaceous and woody plants, plants noted for their flowers Trees History, geographic treatment, biography Europe British Isles
- LCC
- QK488 — Science Botany Botany Spermatophyta. Phanerogams
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- English, French
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