New enhanced edition, with foreword by Jack Siebenthaler, and nomenclatural update by James Eckenwalder. Carefully illustrated with black-and-white photos. 308 pages. Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 0881923249.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Fantastic Trees.

Publisher

Portland OR, Timber Press.

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0881923249

ISBN 13

9780881923247

Binding

Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Gardening & Nature

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Synopsis

A humorous but factual survey of unusual trees with strange habits such as changing sex, producing flowers and fruit underground, telling time, making noises, and creating their own rain, first published in 1967, and illustrated with numerous b&w photos. This updated edition contains a new foreword and a nomenclature update. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Description

A remarkable book, particularly fascinating for young naturalists, that presents a kind of rogue's gallery of trees that thrust their roots into the air, produce flowers & fruit underground, tell time, make noises, change sex, commit suicide, or create their own rain. This edition includes updated nomenclature.

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