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Familiar Trees (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George Simonds Boulger

 
9780656051328: Familiar Trees (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore familiar trees through clear, hands-on detail you can use in parks, gardens, and nature walks.

This book blends plain language with careful diagrams to help you identify trees by leaves, buds, bark, and fruit.

Familiar Trees introduces you to how trees grow, how their wood is formed, and how different groups of trees are classified. It also shows how to tell species apart by spring buds, autumn bark, leaf arrangement, and fruit shapes. The work combines practical observations with a look at the structures inside wood and the patterns that help us recognize our most common trees.

Inside you will learn about the nuts and seeds that help trees spread, how flowers and pollen move, and why some trees shed leaves in certain ways. The text also points out features such as leaf veins, stipules, and the distinctive forms of branches that help distinguish similar species. Clear explanations accompany plentiful notes on how trees adapt to different soils, climates, and environments.

  • How to identify trees by buds, bark, leaves, and fruit
  • Differences between conifers and broad-leaved trees
  • Key ideas about wood types, growth rings, and plant structure

Ideal for readers of natural history, gardening, and park or forest walks alike.

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